dullness
Example Sentences
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Of all the dullness on display at Ibrox, Cammy Devlin's five-minute cameo stood apart.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
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
The musical is an American invention, and its garish traditions blossomed during the Great Depression when extravaganza at the movie theater relieved the dullness of everyday life.
From Salon ● Dec. 18, 2023
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
For this was no place one came to by chance; even in the dullness of his thoughts he began to see that.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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