dreariness
Example Sentences
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But - despite his newfound fame - Hockney quit the dreariness of post-war England in search of Paradise.
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026
There was nothing thriving, either, in the Voorstad neighborhood of Deventer, in the Netherlands, where in 2013 two bummed-out middle-aged men were sitting on their stoops, bemoaning the dreariness around them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 4, 2026
Despite their dreariness as a couple, Janet does come armed with a stare so blank it looks like she saw a ghost and never recovered.
From Salon ● Apr. 24, 2025
That’s easier said than done, and “Giovanni” — long, circular, slippery — is one of the hardest assignments for an opera director, with attempts tending to fall into either unremitting dreariness or irritating glibness.
From New York Times ● May 7, 2023
I gave her a halfhearted smile, but I just couldn’t shake my dreariness.
From "The Red Umbrella" by Christina Gonzalez
