Sentence examples for dreary light from inspiring English sources

Red satin for Victor Hugo and dreary light for Faulkner: the bedrooms of fifteen famous authors.

The second act occurs in the dreary light of the next afternoon when, unfortunately, neither the women nor the play goes anywhere interesting.

And the community center, on Third Avenue near 98th Street, is troubled by faulty air-conditioning, dreary lighting and a leaky roof.

Alan Krueger, the chairman of Mr Obama's Council of Economic Advisers, reckons this can explain almost a third of the drop in the overall participation rate.That puts a different spin on a trend most economists have seen in a drearier light.

The bar itself is a dreary place lit in neon.

A sort of dreary half-light also permeated two identical East End terrace houses in London's Whitechapel, where German artist Gregor Schneider installed Die Familie Schneider.

GEORGIA's state capitol is built mostly of handsome marble except for the dreary, dimly lit basement which houses a small exhibition of historic flags flown by the state's regiments.

A dreary office lacking light and color can cause depression and a lack of motivation.

The director, Cary Fukunaga ("Sin Nombre"), frames the story not just with his camera but with subdued natural lighting: dreary and grayish outdoors and mostly candlelit interiors.

Just look at you, walking into this dreary bar and lighting the place up like the noonday sun at midnight, twirling a… Ed Vickery and his wife, Kate, came home late from the movies.

Just look at you, walking into this dreary bar and lighting the place up like the noonday sun at midnight, twirling a lock of your long auburn hair pensively as you search the room — for what?