There is a default soothingness that becomes dull, and as with many bands that essentially boil down to one person, that person's vision becomes restrictive.
Bee stings cause a sharp pain that becomes dull and more of an ache over time.
Stack your split wood to dry when you are finished, clean and sharpen any tools that have become dulled with use.
So the governing body the custodian of the game has to ensure that football does not become dull; that it remains exciting.
However, as several theorists, including Nagel (1986, p. 224, n. 3) Glover (1977, p. 57), and Fischer (1994) have suggested, it is not obvious that life must become dull.
Razors that have been used many times become dull and grow bacteria - two problems that significantly worsen razor burn.
A structure soon emerges that is too spooky to become dull.
Musically, we reacted against it, because they were punk rockers, experimentalists, so we responded by classic rock, because punk had become dull by that point.
The role of Orfeo calls for an especially gifted actor, so that the strophic "Chiamo il mio ben così" does not become dull, and so that tragic import can be given both to this aria and to "Che farò senza Euridice?", both of which are based on harmonies that are not obviously mournful in nature.
It is not exactly news that the Champions League group stage has become dull and predictable – chances are you might have heard the complaint before – but it is coming to something when the greatest spectacle as well as the only genuine surprise of the first match day were both provided by the weather in Manchester.
