drabness
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The strict realism runs the risk of drabness; the novel’s title, for instance, is so forgettable that I have had to look it up three times in the writing of this review.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 26, 2025
Instead, brown, gray, beige and white are dominant, an achromatic palette whose gloomy drabness is only relieved by the surprisingly wide variety of neutrals the artist employs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2023
“With her higher-than-high hemlines, colorful tights and masculine tailored trousers, she helped wipe out British postwar drabness and create a bold new attitude to dressing.”
From Washington Post ● Apr. 13, 2023
His enthusiasm, they conclude, “crashed into the drabness of the day’s cases.”
From Slate ● Apr. 18, 2017
Bob's society proved in some ways a welcome change from the sordid drabness of her own relatives, for he was colorful, versatile, and nearly always good-humored.
From The Auction Block by Rex Ellingwood Beach
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