Sentence examples for dull it down from inspiring English sources
"dull it down" is correct and usable in written English
You can use this phrase to describe making something less intense or making it less noticeable. For example, "The colors in this room are too bright, so let's dull it down a bit with some neutral shades."
Continue with your chosen tactics until you have what you wanted and you're finished with him or, if it was for something more, dull it down a little each time you see him, until you are your normal self.
"If that means dulling down the green, then dull it down.
Rather than treating the exoticism of the story's fantasy as a springboard for imagination, Ayer dulls it down, spicing the movie with only occasional and miserly dashes of wit — yet not stinting at all on the grandiosity of the spectacle.
Alex Billington felt the third film "almost makes the second film in the series obsolete or dulls it down enough that we can accept it in our trilogy DVD collections without ever watching it".
Dad also shared with us, at the request of almost anything, that "there's no money tree in the back yaaaaaaard!" When the noise level got over a certain decibel point -- he'd say to us (and now our children), "Kids, can ya keep it down to a dull rooooarrrr?" My three children did just that and roared simultaneously at a "dull" level.
And if you're the one suffering, just let them know in a nice way that it's affecting your work and ask if they can try to keep it down to a dull roar.
Christie's evening sale the following night confirmed the theory that when the market is dull or down, it is good to go second.
However, after they "dulled" this feature down, it's become more not-like any badge.
The sport had been dull in his down time; it needed his noise and his style.
That is to say, it is grey, dull and broken down, the corridors smelling vaguely of cabbage.
Can you 'see' colors that light you up, versus those that dull you down?
