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But it's also a tad, well, dull.
These cars are global sales success stories, but they are rather, well, dull.
He is reported to be reticent, even, well, "dull," as Mr. Ghysens, the royal-watcher, put it.
Yet not withstanding the sprinkle of black truffle here, the umber hillock of chilli butter there, these meals seem peculiarly safe and, well, dull.
He said the boy from Bolton had yet to realise that boxing is as much a branch of show business as it is sport and that his excursions into pay-per-view had been, well, dull.
While we don't advocate giving up grains entirely – banning foods is unsustainable and, well, dull – this does get more veg on your plate, and that can only be a good thing.
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It was something rather more potent and familiar, the genuine disappointment of a let-down fan: "Well... dull.
(1) We have assumed that listening ability depends largely on intelligence, that "bright" people listen well, and "dull" ones poorly.
One of their conclusions, just published in the Journal of Applied Ecology, is that colourful species have done less well than dull ones.
The playwright Samuel Adamson and director Sean Mathias have conspired to reimagine the Manhattan adventures of the eternally flighty Holly Golightly – "top banana in the shock department", wild child turned child bride turned runaway bride, call girl-about town and gangster's moll – and render them, well, rather dull.
For a celebrity-averse young star today, the only defence is to be as unquotable and, well, plain dull as possible – how many times can we be told that Keira Knightley's idea of a wild night is cooking lasagne for her mates before we all explode with boredom?
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