Sentence examples for that dreary from inspiring English sources

We need guilt, that dreary engine of morality, in order for society to function.

If few of the city's many candidates acknowledge that dreary future, they have some good reasons.

(I'm not going to name them, for fear that dreary estate lawyers might descend on this microbudget extravaganza).

Sorry John Boorman, Nigel Terry et al, apparently the dark ages weren't all that dreary and depressing after all.

In 2012 the Royal Society reported that dreary instruction in word-processing and spreadsheet software had made lessons "demotivating and routine".

But Mr Miliband insisted that it would not be that dreary: "It won't be two Fabian Society lectures and half a pint of beer, as somebody suggested".

Make that, another dreary, lousy day in a dreary, lousy world worried about the face-offs with Iraq and North Korea.

So it might come as some surprise that this dreary style has a noble ancestry.

And CNN added that a "dreary rainfall is washing away the months-old stench".

ATMOSPHERE A gargantuan room with an industrial look that's dreary at night but has lovely midday light.

Several users told me that the dreary seminars they are forced to lead every time they whip one out have driven them to the privacy of restrooms anyway.