drab
Example Sentences
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It was July 2015, and Sherman, then a top Obama administration official at the State Department, had just stepped up to a lectern in a drab conference room.
From Slate • May 1, 2026
Others suggested Army Air Corps camouflage: dark olive drab, medium green, neutral gray.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
One manufacturer’s idea of khaki or olive drab, for example, might not match another’s—a serious problem when thousands of yards of uniform fabric had to be dyed the same shade.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
The drab Chevron at the edge of Chinatown always makes the news.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026
Even the pastor’s wife from back in Georgia seemed like a drab mallard next to this swan.
From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland
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