He sat through the dull lecture and barely stayed awake.

"You are very dull this morning, Sheriff," said the youngest daughter of the house, who, being the baby and pretty, had grown pettishly privileged in speech.

Choose a dull finish to hide fingerprints.

a dull fire or lamp;  a dull red or yellow;  a dull mirror

She paused and took a defiant breath. ‘If you don't believe me, I can't help it. But I'm not a liar.’ ¶ ‘No,’ said Luke, grinning at her. ‘You're not dull enough! […] What about the kid's clothes? I don't suppose they were anything to write home about, but didn't you keep anything? A bootee or a bit of embroidery or anything at all?’

c. 1857', Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Table-Talk
As turning the logs will make a dull fire burn, so changes of study a dull brain.

Pressing on the bruise produces a dull pain.

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all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy

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