Sentence examples for dull subject from inspiring English sources

COMPARED with all the excitement of wildly fluctuating stockmarkets, auditing is a dull subject.

That's the point, of course: the incongruity between Sweet's effervescence and his dull subject.

Giving W.I.S.O.R. a voice is only one of many gimmicks the filmmakers use to enliven a potentially dull subject.

He puzzled, feeling that a fairly dull subject needed to be livened up by a compelling character.

The film surprises, much as the book did, by taking what might seem a worthy but dull subject and making it sparkle.

Ryan's Premises reopened in 1997 as a national historic site, and Parks Canada has taken what could be a painfully dull subject (cod fisheries) and rendered it fascinating.

Simon Hill, vice president, EMEA, at energy consultants Opower, argued that consumers are difficult to engage because "fundamentally, energy efficiency is a dull, boring subject … people think about energy use for nine minutes a year.

Writers write about dull subjects at their peril.

A chapter comparing the civil service in Britain, France and Germany left me wondering how such potentially dull subjects can be made so interesting.

They create a public spectacle, a narrative that distills dull subjects like contract negotiations into a good-guy, bad-guy conflict — a Harvard Business School case study turns into a shootout with Liberty Valance.

In numerous surveys, nine out of ten high-school students admit they are not interested in studying STEM subjects, because classes are dull, the subject matter irrelevant, and the teachers ill-prepared.