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

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

  • But he doesn't, so Harriet marries Charles, a rather dull country solicitor, and have a daughter, while Vesey becomes an actor.  - A Game of Hide and Seek
  • The bracelets changed from dull silver-grey to bright gold, and were noticeably smaller and thinner.  - Wonder Woman (TV series)
  • maintaining a dull and bloated empire".  - The Chase (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
  • Nikki, a talented acrobat with swift reflexes, had become irritated with her dull carnival life on the high-wire.  - Pandemonium! (video game)
  • While searching for Jack, Wendy discovers he has been typing pages of a repetitive manuscript: "all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy".  - The Shining (film)
  • It has two doors that lead to the same corridor and is drably decorated in a dull yellow with signs of water damage on one wall.  - The Smoking Room
  • Violet's teacher, mr Remora, is a man who tells very short, dull stories while eating lots of bananas as the children take notes.  - The Austere Academy
  • Her life is dull and shadowed by the loss of her father, until Aman Mathur (Shah Rukh Khan) moves in with his mother next door.  - Kal Ho Naa Ho
  • William at first is indignant about being kept by his aunt, then he discovers the village she lives in isn't so dull after all.  - William Does His Bit
  • The Governor then reveals that the dinner companions whom Bond found dull were in fact Rhoda and her rich Canadian husband.  - For Your Eyes Only (short story collection)
  • Babbitt admits that these clubs "stimulated him like brandy" and that he often finds work dull and nerve-wracking in comparison.  - Babbitt (novel)
  • Edward explains that it's dull work and they don't use computers; however, Lee remarks that she is okay with these conditions.  - Secretary (2002 film)
  • After he and Emma attend an elegant ball given by the Marquis d'Andervilliers, Emma finds her married life dull and becomes listless.  - Madame Bovary
  • This state of affairs would make a dull story and soon his father's ghostly presence intervenes.  - The Search for the Dice Man
  • A second planet, "The Stranger", colored a dull gray where the Wanderer is bright purple and yellow, appears and threatens battle.  - The Wanderer (Leiber novel)
  • dr Alton points out that men's clothes are dull and restrictive, whereas women can adorn themselves with attractive and comfortable clothing.  - Glen or Glenda

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