dreary

Shelton and Tiafoe have a chance to put that dreary conversation to bed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

If the future of filmmaking really is in the hands of those who can best define this dreary period of life, “It Ends” meets that challenge with an optimistic, tenacious flair movies have been missing.

From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026

It's a hobby that started six years ago, when he went to Shetland to see the northern lights - though the weather was so dreary he "didn't see anything".

From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026

We must beware the dreary cynics who would have us believe it isn’t.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026

Under the lifting skirts of the dreary canopy dim light leaked into Mordor like pale morning through the grimed window of a prison.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien

It is a drearier and less-plausible dream than Mr. Lindsey admits.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026

Allen closed his essay emphasizing the significance of Keaton’s death: “A few days ago the world was a place that included Diane Keaton. Now it’s a world that does not. Hence it’s a drearier world.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2025

He added that the world was now a "drearier" place without her in it.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2025

Once the game is afoot, though, “The Menu’s” soufflé starts to sag, with the plot becoming drearier in direct proportion to the body-horror jump scares.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 16, 2022

If Courtney and Jupiter take notice of my drearier demeanor post-field-trip-and-photo-discovery, neither lets on.

From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone

It might be the dreariest month of the year, but there are at least two things going for February: It’s short, and it’s not January.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 2, 2024

And as an already sleep deprived, anxiety attack-prone person facing the darkest, dreariest season of the year, I figured it was worth a shot to try to nourish my way to a better attitude.

From Salon ● Dec. 25, 2023

"The problem with Pixar's latest feature isn't just that it's the animation house's dullest, dreariest, most spiritually empty to date. It's that it fails even on its own painstakingly contrived open-goal terms."

From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2022

After losing his bid for speaker, De León was stripped of his Appropriations chairmanship and relegated to one of the dreariest offices in the state Capitol.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2022

Turner knew from the map there were another seven miles, and once they were on the move again, they were the hardest, the dreariest they had walked that day.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan