Example Sentences

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The shine of my canvass-directing job was dulling fast.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 26, 2014

The fire was dulling, focusing into an ever-smaller point.

From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer

“But I have no great skills. Mostly I do repair work. Perhaps if you had a dagger blade that was dulling, I might be able to please you. But anything more is beyond me.”

From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman

Pierre's portions were always ample, and the western red was dulling by the time we were again afloat.

From Montlivet by Smith, Alice Prescott

Little by little, however, it was dulling the early keenness of his intellect, though it hardly touched his constitution at all.

From Casa Braccio, Volumes 1 and 2 by Castaigne, J. André