Sentence examples for downright dull from inspiring English sources

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But the Brooklyn Shack, in Mr. Phillips's telling, sounded downright dull.

PPI provisions will, Lloyds hopes, but the lending climate in the UK looks downright dull.

Some of his creations sound downright dull (sautéed halibut), others like the ramblings of an immature chef (oysters wrapped in cucumber with caviar, smoked salmon and truffle vinaigrette).

To me, straight society doesn't just seem conservative - it seems downright dull.' The borders between the worlds are guarded on both sides.

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Compared with the team with which they will share a new stadium — that would be Rex Ryan's noisy Jets — the Giants were downright dull during the three-day N.F.L. draft.

For the better part of an hour, North Korea defended stoically, stubbornly against a Brazil side that has come to be more pragmatic, harder to beat, even downright dull.

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And downright dumb".

Despite its superior physics and jaw-dropping video editing and screen-grabbing features, some of the challenges feel dull and repetitive, while others can be a downright trudge.

That doesn't make it an exceptional handler, but compared with truck-based SUVs that are at best soft and dull to drive and at worst scary in emergency situations, the RAV4 is downright lithe.

Downright Stengelian.

Downright unAmerican?

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