"dull" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

dull adjetivo

dull + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 127
dull ache • dull thud • dull eye • dull light • dull red • dull glow • dull pain • dull sound • dull moment • dull color • ...
verbo + dull
Kolokacji: 8
look dull • grow dull • sound dull • feel dull • become dull • ...
(1) look, sound, feel, seem
Kolokacji: 4
(2) grow, become, go, turn
Kolokacji: 4
1. grow dull = zmętniej grow dull
2. become dull = matowiej become dull
3. go dull = tępiej go dull
4. turn dull = kolej nudny turn dull
  • June's eyes turned dull and hard when she looked at me.
  • The house became brightly painted, then abruptly turned dull.
  • It wasn't designed for such treatment, and turned cloying and dull.
  • She swayed slightly, her eyes turning dull as she looked at him.
  • That tame approach may make the students seem typical of many in Middle America, but it quickly turns dull.
  • Now, when she imagined moving along without him, the picture turned dull and listless.
  • But she is the same kind of awful throughout the story, to the point at which even her arrogance turns dull.
  • With the green ones, you must plunge them into ice water after they've been steamed or simmered so they don't turn dull.
  • There is no vinegar in the salad, so the greens will stay green and not turn dull from the acid.
  • But the collection turned drowsy and dull at night.
adverbio + dull
Kolokacji: 19
pretty dull • somewhat dull • fairly dull • extremely dull • incredibly dull • ...
dull + preposición
Kolokacji: 7
dull in • dull with • dull for • dull of • dull to • ...

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