Their three goals came in a desperate third period that followed two dull periods.

The literary first page was no longer necessary, though occasionally used to cover a dull period.

Occasionally, good wines go into dull periods for several years, then regain their attractiveness.

If any of the artists in question ever had a dry or a dull period, they have them offstage.

He was a competent sculptor in a dull and uninspiring period of English art, and comparatively little of his work has lasting qualities.

Vida and Onoma had to help him haul up his ivory; evidently he planned to work on it during dull periods of the trial.

"Tell her you go on all my honeymoons with me, to fill in the dull periods. "

After a rather dull and sloppy first period, both teams scored once in the second period.

Besides," said Kennedy, "that may prove to be a very dull period when industry will swallow up every thing for its own profit.

This was followed by a short, dull period during which cooks tried to remedy these excesses with enforced simplicity.