dreary
Example Sentences
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Roth paints a dreary portrait of how that scenario could have played out, but the horrors are resolved by something of a deus ex machina rather than by any one character’s bold, heroic actions.
From Los Angeles Times
“There’s definitely a very dreary mood on campus,” said a recent computer science graduate who asked not to be named so they could speak freely.
From Los Angeles Times
Taking care of one’s vehicle was more than a dreary obligation, Muir’s book advised; it could be a route to self-discovery as well.
It lurks in the halls of famed institutions and the parking lots of dreary, run-down wharfs.
From Salon
Black Friday did not exist when I was growing up in the dreary 1950s.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
