dullness
Example Sentences
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It feels like a petty grievance—yet another example of greatness being conflated with dullness.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026
Her works achieve the difficult feat of synthesizing a coma-inducing dullness with piercingly shrill extended diatribes to create reverse masterpieces worthy of the most risible North Korean propaganda.
From Salon • Sep. 7, 2024
Excessive coloring of the hair to lighten the color can cause damage to the hair shaft leading to dullness, increased hair fragility, and breakage.
From National Geographic • Aug. 22, 2023
In the role of the younger Bucky, Alexandre Gonin finds a sense of awkward seriousness that never tips over into dullness.
From New York Times • Mar. 26, 2023
But Matt still fought against the dullness that threatened to overwhelm him.
From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer
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