Could this drabness of life keep up forever, then?. From Wordnik.com. [Main Street] Reference
Only then did he notice the drabness of their clothes. From Wordnik.com. [The God Hater] Reference
It really would have meliorated the drabness of it all. From Wordnik.com. [qdiosa Diary Entry] Reference
Kenri hunched in his seat, acutely aware of his drabness. From Wordnik.com. [Starfarers]
It's starting to show its drabness as others nearby improve. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-11-01] Reference
Oh, the comparatively total drabness of German cities… HELP!. From Wordnik.com. [récidiviste] Reference
Things became what they were: drabness looked drab; heat was hot. From Wordnik.com. [Beloved]
Arshavin for Walcott 70 6 Found it difficult to lift the drabness. From Wordnik.com. [Arsenal v Manchester City: player ratings] Reference
In the drabness of Jadwin Hall she blazed like a particle shower. From Wordnik.com. [Final Theory] Reference
She could not continue in the drabness that was the world without it. From Wordnik.com. [A Heritage of Stars]
I will say that Victorian London's drabness and filth are portrayed well. From Wordnik.com. [Sherlock Holmes] Reference
Above the drabness of Moscow, on the brow of Lenin Hills, was Mosfilm studio. From Wordnik.com. [Gorky Park]
After the remembered drabness of his home section of Terra this was overpowering. From Wordnik.com. [The Stars Are Ours]
What a wonderful way out of the drabness of ordinary life the on-line world can seem!. From Wordnik.com. [Defining The BDSM Life Style: The Essential Prerequisite] Reference
When the sun went behind a cloud, the colors disappeared and the world returned to drabness. From Wordnik.com. [The Lightkeeper]
The swarming armies of healthful drabness are gathering, and they mean to turn us into them. From Wordnik.com. ["Hedonists and debauchees of the world: wake up!"] Reference
Cooked they are transformed from being curvy tubes of drabness into something quite delicious. From Wordnik.com. [Dying to Eat] Reference
Gone was the drabness of the habitual gray and the magnificent severity of the unrelieved black. From Wordnik.com. [Slightly Married]
Love the brightness of the cover against the severity of the dress and the drabness of the room. From Wordnik.com. [Frederick Daniel Hardy - A Kiss Goodnight] Reference
The wharf was Ancient work, a sudden dazzling contrast to the drabness and poverty of the human town. From Wordnik.com. [The Day of Their Return]
But perhaps its very drabness and remoteness from the world of the footlights proved a welcome relief. From Wordnik.com. [The Magnificent Montez From Courtesan to Convert] Reference
No matter how far they traveled, they could find little relief from the drabness of their surroundings. From Wordnik.com. [Trek to Madworld]
A terrible, seething welter of ugly life it seemed: not at all the flat drabness it looked from outside. From Wordnik.com. [Lady Chatterley's Lover] Reference
As usual, it suffers from excessive length and TV drabness, says Cath Clarke, but Noomi Rapace is a star. From Wordnik.com. [The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest – review] Reference
That may be the case, but Shawcross gives the impression that this is preferable to the drabness of Hanoi. From Wordnik.com. [Vietnam: An Exchange] Reference
Kirby, his blue overcoat a splotch of color against the general drabness of the winter scene, came up towing. From Wordnik.com. [Ride Proud, Rebel!] Reference
Spread the custard over the fruit and then garnish with nuts and mint to spruce up the drabness if you like. From Wordnik.com. [2009 July « paper fruit] Reference
We see the overwhelming drabness, mundanity and, yes, staticness inherant in Ash's (the central character) life. From Wordnik.com. [SF Movies You (Probably) Haven't Seen] Reference
After my weeks of quaint Communist drabness, Swiss efficiency and prosperity looked like a science-fiction movie. From Wordnik.com. [On Not Being a Dove] Reference
Here a mother-dominated, hapless clerk takes refuge in flights of fantasy to escape the ordinary drabness of life. From Wordnik.com. [John W. Whitehead: Orwell Cinema: Living in the Land of the Blind] Reference
The drabness and sadness of the place reminded me of the old newsreel footage of the final approaches to Auschwitz. From Wordnik.com. [The Jigsaw Man]
A bunch of 'graffiti knitters' are on the loose in the UK – hellbent on liberating us from the forces of drabness. From Wordnik.com. [The graffiti knitting epidemic] Reference
It's much like the drabness of big-budget movies and pop albums that have been surgically drained by corporate committees. From Wordnik.com. [Vision Vaults Best Videogames Beyond Drabville] Reference
The paint on the window was bright, and against the dull drabness of the dying downtown, the message stood out forcefully. From Wordnik.com. [The Store]
While some of her colleagues took this to extremes, cultivating an almost Soviet drabness, Liz instinctively subverted it. From Wordnik.com. [Excerpt: At Risk by Stella Rimington] Reference
I am surprised that I linger in this part of the city, that the river's surface loses its drabness to enfold me like cashmere. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-06-01] Reference
His appearance is rare which brings it into even sharper contrast with the drabness and depression Nat is experiencing elsewhere. From Wordnik.com. [REVIEW: Roses in December by Fiona Glass] Reference
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