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
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
Uline's core business — selling boxes — is so boring there's an entire Simpsons bit devoted to its dullness.
From Salon • Oct. 26, 2022
He did not truly feel good because the pain from the cord across his back had almost passed pain and gone into a dullness that he mistrusted.
From "The Old Man and The Sea" by Ernest Hemingway
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