Sentences with dull
dull
D d - They are both nice people but can be rather dull.
- The body's natural rhythms mean we all feel dull and sleepy between 1 and 3pm.
- When you're not trudging through the dull levels or solving these puzzles, it's time for a bit of biffo.
- Set in a dull commercial building in central Taipei, the A380 In-Flight Kitchen looks and functions like an airline in many ways.
- The stamp was a dull blue colour.
- It's always dull and raining.
- SYNONYMY NOTE: dull is specifically applied to a point or edge that has lost its previous sharpness [a dull knife] and generally connotes a lack of keenness, zest, spirit, intensity, etc. [a dull book, pain, etc.]; blunt is often equivalent to , dull, but specifically refers to a point or edge that is intentionally not sharp [a blunt fencing saber]; obtuse literally applies to a pointed end whose sides form an angle greater than 90°, and figuratively connotes great dullness of understanding or lack of sensitivity [too obtuse to comprehend]
- The long whining whistle of a shell was followed by the dull boom of the explosion.
- The pain, usually a dull ache, gets worse with exercise.
- Her eyes dulled and she gazed blankly. [VERB]
- dull to grief
- A dull period for sales
- A dull party
- A dull blade
- A dull headache
- A dull color
- A dull finish
- A dull thud
- dull weather
- Years of misuse have dulled the tools.
- He drinks to dull the pain.
- A razor will dull with use.
- All these knives are dull.
- He sat through the dull lecture and barely stayed awake. When does having a dull personality ever get you a girlfriend? Even if you get one, how does being dull help you keep a relationship for over a year?
- Choose a dull finish to hide fingerprints. a dull fire or lamp; a dull red or yellow; a dull mirror
- It's a dull day.
- Pressing on the bruise produces a dull pain.
- A dull knife.
- A dull sermon.
- A dull day; a dull sound.
- A dull day in the stock market.
- A dull pain.