dull
adjective
not sharp; blunt.
dulness
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a word derived from
dull.
Example Sentences
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I must watch this ghastly countenance—these blue, still lips forbidden to unclose—these eyes now shut, now opening, now wandering through the room, now fixing on me, and ever glazed with the dulness of horror.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
And the addition about Carlyle or Coleridge—or Coleridge!—is just the gratuitous insolence of one-eyed dulness.
From The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, October 1879 by Various
After busy engagement comes dulness; after triumph, flatness and sadness.
From The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Genesis by Marcus Dods
With the headache there is generally some dulness of intellect, except in mild cases.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
Gone was the apathy, gone were the dulness of soul and the greyness of outlook with which Sophia had risen from her bed.
From Sophia A Romance by Stanley John Weyman
