Sentence examples for dull exercise from inspiring English sources

As more and more schools adopt dress codes, back-to-school shopping is often a rather dull exercise.

"Concerto," probably inspired by Balanchine's "Concerto Barocco" but nothing like it, was a dull exercise that emphasized some of the dancers' shaky technique and struggles with stamina.

The draft is a deadly dull exercise in economics.

The intentions are laughably transparent throughout this dull exercise.

It is a suffocatingly dull exercise in coattail riding, and its become the dominant mode of discourse for a certain kind of dance fan here in the UK.

Keeping abreast of time (pun intended) now no longer needs to be a dull chronological exercise, but can now also arouse passion and a sense of wonderment about what remains very special and miraculous about human sexuality and eroticism.

But until then, he advises pursuing "the pleasures of the learning-nourished mind," but not with "dull mental exercises".

Mr. Jones's performance is the only spark within this otherwise dull, well-mannered exercise.

If Vincent were simply the domineering bad guy and Max his innocent hostage, the movie would be a dull and sadistic exercise in violation and payback.

But in spite of some acute observations and a few interesting performances (most notably from John Malkovich as Jerome's drawing teacher and the ever-reliable Jim Broadbent as Strathmore's least illustrious alumnus), "Art School Confidential" is a dull and dyspeptic exercise in self-pity and hostility.

It's really dull and usually an exercise in ballot-stuffing.