Sentence examples for humdrum affair from inspiring English sources
AS ORIGINALLY billed, the summit looked likely to be a humdrum affair.
— The annual Masters address by the chairman of the Augusta National Golf Club is usually a routine, even humdrum, affair.
That this vote will be a relatively humdrum affair is, however, an indication of how far the country has progressed, how relatively normal it has become.
Rather than the convention becoming a two-day celebration of Mr. McCall's crushing victory over Mr. Cuomo, it becomes a more humdrum affair.
What was ultimately a humdrum affair was decided when England forfeited wickets to Scott Styris and Shane Bond in a manner that defied logic.
The showdown between quarterbacks Brett Favre and Drew Bledsoe was a humdrum affair as the Packers (12-3) trudged past the visiting Bills (7-8), 10-0.
The gulf between the teams remains considerable, making their meetings somewhat humdrum affairs.
Most criminal cases usually are pretty humdrum affairs with judgments made fairly fast about which charges will stand and which ones won't and then everyone is quickly sent on their way.
The package holiday abroad is now a pretty humdrum thing.
Annual general meetings in most Labour constituencies are usually humdrum, businesslike affairs – a quick review of the year, a mumbled thanks for fundraising efforts and a show of hands to approve old accounts and new party officers.
Where she also scores highly is in her deft way of linking this narrative of exploration and achievement with a more hidden, ambling story of love affairs, humdrum marriages, disappointing children and exhausted endings.
