Sentence examples for a light dull from inspiring English sources

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The phrase "a light dull" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be intended to describe something that is slightly dull, but the phrasing is awkward and unclear.
Example: "The painting was a light dull shade of gray that failed to capture my attention."
Alternatives: "somewhat dull" or "slightly dull".

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The walls, painted a light, dull gray, offered few distractions from the bland scene outside the window.

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Coat colour varies by subspecies; the large western hartebeest has a light and dull, sandy-brown pelage, and the Tora hartebeest's is dark.

If your shoes are a light, maybe dull blue you can still make those suckers pop!

Even if other people have a skewed perception of you, do not dim your light, dull your shine or fail to toot your own horn.

The change I thought I detected was due to a clerestory window in the new building: sunlight ignites blues, which incandescent light dulls.

The declining sun emits a light that is "dull red, sullen, like embers".

Others, and I was one, take pity on a tomato bleeding under a light, short and dull blade and reach for ever heavier, longer, sharper knives.

These bright spots operate like the light Midas is chasing when he first meets Ida — a light that might "make the dull earth vivid".

After a sunny weekend in the Welsh capital, the match kicked off in dull conditions with a light rain giving the surface a little extra zip.

Elizabet's workplace consists of a small lime green mattress, her grey locker and just enough space for a sink and a chair, all of it lit up by a dull green light bulb and sound-tracked with off-brand 90s Europop compilations.

When added to neon filled tubes the light produced will be inconsistent red/blue spots until the initial burning-in process is completed; eventually it will light a consistent dull off-blue color.

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