dowdiness

Example Sentences

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Whatever the particulars, the calculation is the same — a belief that many diners are eager to dress up again after an epoch of record-level dowdiness.

From New York Times • May 17, 2022

Isolated from the group of other local women, who are judgmental and close ranks against her for no reason other than her quietness and awkward dowdiness, Betty is shown mostly alone with an infant.

From Salon • May 15, 2022

After the dowdiness of Eleanor Roosevelt, Bess Truman and Mamie Eisenhower, they were looking for an aristocratic image.

From Slate • Nov. 6, 2013

Like I said, it's slow and, Richardson aside, the entire cast seems to have been hired on the strength of their dowdiness.

From The Guardian • Aug. 20, 2010

There was none of the occasional shabbiness or dowdiness of Michigan Avenue.

From Fanny Herself by Ferber, Edna