dowdy
Example Sentences
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She wore dowdy skirts with equally drab cardigans.
From Los Angeles Times
Unthinkable as it seems, Edna was dowdy then, given to mousy brown hair and pillbox hats.
From New York Times
It opened hundreds of stores, from fashionable neighborhoods like SoHo in New York to dowdy airports.
From New York Times
“I felt like I was pretending when I was going in and auditioning to play these dowdy people.”
From New York Times
Coupled with a terrific performance by Long Beach Opera that includes more than one star turn, the dowdy Warner Grand Theatre in San Pedro became the unlikely locale for a double operatic triumph.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
