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
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
A 90-minute ramble revealed L.A.’s familiar extremes: big houses alongside dingbats, the shock of the unexpected coinciding with numbing dullness.
From New York Times ● Mar. 7, 2023
Uline's core business — selling boxes — is so boring there's an entire Simpsons bit devoted to its dullness.
From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2022
The dullness of military life, the endless repetition of duties, the standing in line to eat, to use the bathroom, to shave, served as no distraction at all.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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