Sentence examples for were too dull from inspiring English sources

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The available scissors were too dull to cut it, so the men ripped it into pieces with their gloveless hands.

Some complained that it was clunky and difficult to navigate; others that Google designs were too "dull".

A short record like the last one, "Show Your Bones" wastes precious time on preliminary throat-clearing and winding down; the band overthinks the scraped, distressed surfaces on a lot of riffs that were too dull to begin with.

They brought a tractor that beeped and a tiny but functional microwave, and scissors that were too dull to cut and crayons that only drew on plastic and a thousand Duplo Lego bricks and my uncle's antique typewriters and a dozen chocolate croissants, and then they left ten minutes after they arrived leaving Sara and me with all these almost-dangerous toys and sixteen hours to kill before bed.

They brought a tractor that beeped and a tiny but functional microwave, and scissors that were too dull to cut and crayons that only drew on plastic and a thousand Duplo Lego bricks and my uncle's antique typewriters and a dozen chocolate croissants, and then they left ten minutes after they arrived — leaving Sara and me with all these almost-dangerous toys and sixteen hours to kill before bed.

The offerings were too dull, too narrow and too unimaginative, and the expectations were lowered accordingly.

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It's too dull.

I was, I am, too dull for him.

Apparently the current ranges are too dull and generally inappropriate.

For one thing, it was too dull to be anything but real.

I'm too dull for Mormonism, but everyone is welcome to have whatever fantasies they like.

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