How to use dullness in a sentence

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• It was another dank toothache of a day, barely qualifying in its chromatic dullness for ‘grey’.2024, Kaliane Bradley, The Ministry of Time, Sceptre, page 247. From the entry vibeless
• The sector is booming and dullness and directionlessness are a plus.2013, Jenny Turner, “A Girl and a Gun”, in London Review of Books, volume 35, number 19. From the entry directionlessness
• Percuss in each quadrant for tympany and dullness.2016, Susan F. Wilson, Jean Foret Giddens, Health Assessment for Nursing Practice, Elsevier Health Sciences, →ISBN, page 259. From the entry percuss
• The world's Alberto Grimaldis can fight scrutiny by burying truth in committees, dullness and misinformation, or by intimidating the scrutinizers.2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, London: Sceptre (Hodder and Stoughton), →ISBN. From the entry scrutinizer
• But the night’s true indictment of country’s man problem was the dullness of the performances by male stars exponentially more famous than Mr.2015 November 5, Jon Caramanica, “At C.M.A. Awards, Triumph for Chris Stapleton and Country Music’s Fringes”, in New York Times. From the entry undersing
• Length, arcanity and just plain dullness of some of the festival fare of foreign films certainly provide some cerebral exercise for audiences.1974 October 14, Harry Themal, “N.Y. Film Festival blend creates mecca”, in The Morning News, volume 186, number 90, Wilmington, Del.…. From the entry arcanity
• He noticed that Logan was smiling at his dullness and asked, "What are you used to doing for fun?" “Well, obviously not traveling in xenization like you!2011, Alex McCann Johnson, Vindico: I Am Liberation, page 48. From the entry xenization
• The floods are drained away, and there is nothing left to me but a parched dullness, more hatesome than ever for my dread of it is eternal.2000, Tom Holland, Deliver Us from Evil. From the entry hatesome
• Additionally — quite unusual among the post-encephalitic patients I have seen — Mr G. showed bilateral signs of upper motorneurone deficit and a mild mental dullness besides his 'queerness.'1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings. From the entry motorneurone
• The Toronto share market staged a right-about face in the last hour today and advanced in active trading after four hours of dullness and small sales.1937 July 6, The New York Times, “Canadian Shares Rise in Late Spurt”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company…. From the entry right-about-face
• But to a child's vision at least those May Day sweeps did much to brighten the city dullness, and year by year I watched for them eagerly from the window.1925, Anne Carroll Moore, The three owls: a book about children's books, their authors, artists and critics, volume 1, page 305. From the entry May Day sweep

Meaning of dullness

1. noun The quality of being slow of understanding things.
2. noun The quality of being uninteresting; boring; humorless or irksome.
3. noun Lack of interest or excitement.

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Questions about dullness in a sentence

How do you use dullness in a sentence?

Dullness is used as a noun. For example: “It was another dank toothache of a day, barely qualifying in its chromatic dullness for ‘grey’.”

What is a short sentence with dullness?

“dullness of autumn”

What does dullness mean?

Dullness means the quality of being slow of understanding things.