It is a blessed thing, on the whole, to live in slightly dull times, especially after disorder, siege and bitter contention.

The compartment, though slightly dull and worn, was clean.

This slightly dull moment passed, though, within an evening that mostly just got better.

'It certainly makes our own lives seem slightly dull by comparison,' Julius agreed drily.

She looked exactly like a Canon's widow, respectable and slightly dull.

At Savore, it is a pleasant but slightly dull dish.

Great film but slightly dull at the same time.

He lectured the Governor as if she were a slightly dull pupil.

My mother is a charming woman, but I find our evening parties slightly dull, when only my own family are present.

The trip was beginning to consider becoming slightly dull.

Yet its episodic nature slightly dulled its choreographic intensity.

Wait a while, perhaps, and its emptiness might wear off a little, or his memory might become slightly dulled so that he could accept the emptiness the better.

But her eyes dulled slightly as she watched him staring at the telephone.

Soon they opened again, slightly dulled from the strain.

The Hybrid is generally strong, though the CVT in this application slightly dulls passing response.

Screams and war cries filled the night, only slightly dulled by the tent's dragonhide walls.

The light dulled slightly in intensity as Christeen knotted her fists and kicked furniture.

As a piano work, the "Concord" had a tautness, a sharp edge that was dulled slightly.

The blare of traffic dulled slightly as we were enveloped by green.

She looked up at him with slightly dulled large brown eyes.