undramatic
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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“Stoppard has written an essentially undramatic dreamscape,” wrote Times critic Michael Phillips.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 29, 2025
Sittenfeld even draws us into the deskbound process of writing and editing a script — activities that seem inherently undramatic but become, in her telling, the stuff of great excitement.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 28, 2023
The man, who was only identified by authorities as a foreigner, was detained by border guards and the arrest was undramatic, police said.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 16, 2023
During an 1878 dinner in Milan with music editor Giulio Ricordi, Verdi said the conversation turned to a discussion of Francesco Berio di Salsa’s libretto for Rossini, which they deemed undramatic and unsatisfactory.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 26, 2022
She turned to him with a face of composure and relief —the efficient and undramatic face which women achieve when they have nursing to do, or some other employment of efficiency.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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