You can make of life a precious jewel or a dull unpolished stone, but whatever you are going to do, it's yours to do alone. From LearnThat.org. [Unknown.]
The knife was too dull to be of any use. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
A dull gaze. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
A dull throbbing. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
dull greens and blues. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
He was so dull at parties. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The dull boom of distant breaking waves. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Business is dull (or slow). From Wordnet, Princeton University.
A dull glow. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The dull thud. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
"It is so what you call dull, Sir John," she protested in her coquettish way. From Wordnik.com. [Hurricane Island] Reference
"I don't know what you call dull," replied the old man, as if half offended at the suggestion. From Wordnik.com. [The Portent & Other Stories] Reference
Noah says brilliant it puts alot of fun in dull things. From Wordnik.com. [X – tape, Hinge Print Tape by Hyoungmin Park & Jeongmin Lee for mmiinn » Yanko Design] Reference
"What do you call dull?" asked Mrs. Carvel very mildly. From Wordnik.com. [Paul Patoff] Reference
RUIBAL: Radio silence successful in dull sprint-finish stage. From Wordnik.com. [Cavendish wins 10th stage; no changes in overall standings] Reference
That which lies behind is but the crude world's shadow in dull light. From Wordnik.com. [City and Village] Reference
Some called her dull, but rather, it seems, she early sensed her fate. From Wordnik.com. [Our Nervous Friends — Illustrating the Mastery of Nervousness] Reference
October 13, 2009 at 12: 51 am. .and OMG how boring and dull is Lucie?!. From Wordnik.com. [X Factor: Here’s Your Final 12, Then. Woo.] Reference
My computer at school has a very boring, very plain dull aqua wallpaper. From Wordnik.com. [Fans Meme - SciFiChick.com] Reference
People have stopped looking for eclectica online and are now only interested in dull, stodgy facts. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing: August 19, 2001 - August 25, 2001 Archives] Reference
Everybodies kid no matter how ordinary or dull is a super star needing special attention and advanced work. From Wordnik.com. [Sound Politics: Break Seattle School District In Four] Reference
Her mother had traced the words, and Winifred had worked them in dull blue yarns on the perforated wool cloth. From Wordnik.com. [A Little Maid of Old Philadelphia] Reference
Maybe he doesn't understand the English word 'dull' (except for That Goal, of course). ". From Wordnik.com. [World Cup 2010: Brazil v Ivory Coast – as it happened] Reference
At check-in were Tamara and Kenzie - aka dull and duller. From Wordnik.com. [lowculture.co.uk] Reference
Your wake-up call A dull ache the day after a heavy cardio session. From Wordnik.com. [Latest News - Yahoo!7 News] Reference
Mattie was the seventh of their recent guests whom he had called dull by now. From Wordnik.com. [Free Air] Reference
Also, the dynamic range of Dolby Digital is compressed (dull in other words). From Wordnik.com. [VideoHelp.com Forum] Reference
These are the ordinary people who live what some might call dull lives of duty. From Wordnik.com. [The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal:Today's Headlines] Reference
The vehicle was described as a dull-green 1998 Ford Ranger with a Kentucky license plate. From Wordnik.com. [TheIndyChannel.com - Local News] Reference
How the rascals would all sneer and coin dull jests when they saw me so down in the world!. From Wordnik.com. [Devereux — Complete] Reference
Nothing so clearly impresses the general laws of light and shade as this so-called dull study. From Wordnik.com. [The Practice and Science of Drawing] Reference
All who remember that inauguration will recall the dull, dead quiet with which the day passed off. From Wordnik.com. [Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death] Reference
They are characterized as dull-witted creatures with dim eyesight, exceedingly impulsive and dangerous. From Wordnik.com. [The Tree-Dwellers] Reference
Chest pain occurs in about a fourth of people and it is described as a dull, aching, and persistent pain. From Wordnik.com. [Emaxhealth] Reference
"She also's got this fun, quirky take on something that many people see as being dull, which is science.". From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-01-01] Reference
At Eton he was called dull, idle, slow, and was about the last boy in school of whom anything was expected. From Wordnik.com. [Pushing to the Front] Reference
That truck was described as a dull-green 1998 Ford Ranger 4X4 super cab with Kentucky license plate 7824Bz. From Wordnik.com. Reference
She had not even got to the stage of classifying as dull all men who did not fall in love with her at first sight. From Wordnik.com. [With Edged Tools] Reference
A picture is worth a thousand words, it’s true, but not many of them are mundane and based in dull common sense. From Wordnik.com. [Reading Workshop III « Tales from the Reading Room] Reference
Art! what a dull, meaningless sound it was yesterday!. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 32, June, 1860] Reference
He felt a kind of dull dread, a physical weakness, but not yet fear. From Wordnik.com. [Oberheim (Voices)] Reference
But witnesses say that Flight 4590 sounded wrong -- it was "dull" or "hollow.". From Wordnik.com. [What Went Wrong] Reference
He could be called plenty of things as a pitcher, but "dull" is not one of them. From Wordnik.com. [Collin Balester's strange day] Reference
His vacant, fishy eyes were fixed upon the Rembrandt in a kind of dull, sleepy terror. From Wordnik.com. [The Crimson Blind] Reference
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