dreary literary
drear literary

The job market was dreary for everybody in the last few years.

The place seemed a lot more dreary on the way out.

I would not ask you to stay in such a dreary place!

It's been so dreary for you in the last couple of weeks.

If so, it was going to be a long and dreary summer.

It was what I had most wanted through all the long dreary months of training.

We get through the day in a dark, dreary dream.

At the sound of the wind dreary is my heart.

"I thought this was just another dreary and dark situation," he said.

He wanted anything but the dreary ride with his father.

Dreary places, but one had to get away from it, you know.

Perhaps everything would still work out He rose and turned to leave the dreary room.

Some things stood out from the rest of that dreary day.

After a night of beauty, the morning was dreary and dark.

But first, let's get the dreary stuff out of the way.

He must go the dreary round of his mind again and find out.

"I find him very good company in this dreary old place."

I asked, trying to remember the dreary details of local.

I went to a beach a little further south and that was pretty dreary too.

Just as well that there was no news of home, given how dreary it all seemed.

The individuals who were left knew enough not to start the whole dreary process all over again.

She was left with a body to die for, but a life too dreary to share.

Fortunately, his story has not turned out to be so dreary.

Many in the community had supported the plan as a way to bring life to a pretty dreary area.

Does that sound like a dreary way to spend an evening?