dullness

Example Sentences

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The manufacturing hub, which anchors the region that is home to auto giant Toyota, is Japan’s fourth most-populous city and, according to a decade-old newspaper poll that still stings here, number one in dullness.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 4, 2025

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

But his approach to his books was shaped in part by his Jesuit background, by the depth of his learning and the dullness of how he learned it.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 26, 2022

The film is an ode to the punk-rock scene of the 1990s Midwest, a space where Simon and Patty both find relief from the dullness of the world around them.

From New York Times • May 26, 2022

The Mars revealed by the Viking mission is of enormous interest—particularly when we remember that the landing sites were chosen for their dullness.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan