How to use "dreary" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "dreary" in popular movie and book plots

  • Earl's peaceful, dreary life changes when a younger couple, Vic and Ramona, move next door.  - Neighbors (1981 film)
  • Aspiring actress Louise Mauban (Luise Rainer) attends the Paris School of Drama while working at a dreary factory job.  - Dramatic School (film)
  • Elodie Luria had left a dreary but emotionally comfortable life with her three aunts and grandmother.  - Among the Betrayed
  • Kyoji then boards a cruise ship, and is given a small, dreary cabin belowdecks, where nothing seems to work properly.  - Invisible Waves
  • Xanth's King Trent has left for dreary Mundania, leaving Dor to practice governing the magical kingdom.  - Centaur Aisle
  • The Few — shipped over from a dreary post-Ax England — are thinking of solo projects.  - Midnight Lamp
  • It is one of my interests in this dreary hole.  - The Master of Ballantrae
  • The plot centers on an elderly widow (Hepburn) who lives alone in a dreary New York City apartment.  - Grace Quigley
  • In the meantime, the twins Lidia and Stu try to get away from the dreary reality of their lives.  - The War (1994 film)
  • In addition, the dreary season of Hamble was created, which is permanently dark, cold and drizzly.  - Nebulous
  • With his dreary and serene marriage, Chris increasingly dwells on the past.  - Metroland (film)
  • Eventually the characters may find the exit, and are once again deposited on the dreary islands to await rescue.  - The Lost Island of Castanamir
  • In the end of the second act, we meet Brand's mother, and learn that he grew up under the glacier, in a dreary place with no sun.  - Brand (play)
  • The mother, Julia, is disenchanted by the dreary conventions of English life, hence the journey.  - Hideous Kinky
  • Helen continues her dreary existence.  - The Heart of the Matter
  • He reflects on how dreary life as a traveling salesman is.  - The Metamorphosis

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