drab

Example Sentences

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The drab Chevron at the edge of Chinatown these days is charging nearly $9 a gallon, $3 more than the Los Angeles area’s average of $5.72.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

He recalled a drab maze of run-down buildings inside a vast wooded compound whose tedious daily rhythms moved to the whims of wardens that rewarded the cooperative and punished the defiant.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

It is, at times, horrifying and anxiety-inducing; at others, it’s frustratingly drab.

From Salon • Feb. 8, 2026

She says "it's fine" and "probably even good" if you aren't familiar with the original, but parts are drab and Kermit - now played by Matt Vogel - sounds "jarringly different".

From BBC • Feb. 4, 2026

He was a thin man who could have been any age, dressed in a drab and tattered business suit, and he was holding a pencil and a sheaf of papers held together with a clip.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman