dreary

“Once you taste it, you may never again settle for a dreary pumpkin tart.”

But miraculously, the San Diego Symphony has made the dreary become a destination with its renovation by architectural firm HGA and acoustician Paul Scarbrough.

If "Joker: Folie à Deux" had a point in its dreary two hours — it would be to serve as a manifesto for the disgruntled, single male trope that plays to men being the misunderstood victims.

Every time I think of my old idea of midlife — that dreary pasture full of drab linens — laughter bubbles out of me.

But here, Phoenix — who previously showcased his powerful pipes in his Oscar-winning turn as Johnny Cash in “Walk the Line” — does so with frustrating weakness, which proves especially dreary against the lush orchestra accompanying him.