Sentence examples for dull surroundings from inspiring English sources

Finally, the building is transmogrified, an ark floating above its dull surroundings.

Rather than the sober dark suit, conservative tie and pristinely polished shoes Mick Wallace brings some colour to the normally dull surroundings of Irish main parliamentary chamber, the Dail.

The dull surroundings are offset nicely by the colourful inhabitants, particularly the hapless and often hilarious Leicester and his vain and bad-tempered sister, Whitby, a budding starlet brilliantly described as someone "born to be sawn in half on stage".

But ever since I can remember, I dreamed of leaving the safe and slightly dull surroundings of my upper-middle-class childhood, a world of garden sprinklers, club ties, bridge parties, and the sound of tennis balls in summer.

In the dull surroundings of Hessle Road in Hull we encounter the fishwives of old, who gazed into the fire for signs that their husbands were safe on the sea, and "could be identified by the blotches on their fire-chafed shins".

Obtain a camera, and take photos, this is a great way to make dull surroundings interesting again.

Ahmet's Public Manner has a complicated gearbox, and even in the dullest surroundings Ahmet can give himself a moment's pleasure by executing a well-timed downshift or a rapid acceleration.

It's up to us to insist on a better, more humane social media experience — and not let the inertia of our everyday surroundings dull us back into our usual, templated routines.

In The Innkeepers, her doe-eyed beauty contrasts starkly with the dull and eerie surroundings of the Yankee Peddler.

You feel there's a part of you slipping away, becoming dulled by your surroundings.

The illustration's bright colors were quite unlike the actual surroundings, which consisted of dull sky that faded into a horizon of undulating, parched-brown hillsides.