Example Sentences
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Part of the problem: The U.K. version’s edginess was dulled for U.S. airwaves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 24, 2026
Yet performance has not dulled the appetite for change.
From BBC ● May 5, 2026
The law’s shield is shattered, and its sword is dulled.
From Slate ● May 1, 2026
Five years after a Times investigation dulled the shine of the glitzy Hollywood affair, the 83rd Golden Globe Awards, airing Sunday, will cap off a multi-day series of events and tributes now dubbed “Golden Week.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2026
But then the patches blinked more rapidly, dulled and went out, so that he saw that a great heaviness of smoke lay between the island and the sun.
From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding
