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Significados de dullness em inglês

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Quality of being dull; lacking a sharp edge or point.

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The quality of being slow to understand.

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Examples for "dull"
Examples for "dull"
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Yet, the faint cries for help plus some dull thumping noises continue.
The Irish Times
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And in one as in the other the finer susceptibilities grow dull.
From One Generation to Another
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As so often with the environment, it's the dull things that work.
The Guardian
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You sit dull in the market all day; you want a feast.
Bébée; Or, Two Little Wooden Shoes
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Europe's belief in a dull but safe civilisation is its main attraction.
The Guardian
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The blunt answer is that effective change requires both transparency and accountability.
The Irish Times
2
This message was spelt out in more blunt terms by government officials.
The Irish Times
3
The conservative government fell recently because of a blunt undiplomatic U.S. note.
The new yorker
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Good intentions won't quite be enough to soften a distinctly blunt vibe.
The South African
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Results: During the study period 145 patients presented with blunt renal trauma.
Pubmed
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All the bluntness and coarseness of feeling in the workmanship of fig.
Stones of Venice [introductions]
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Certainly, some of Trump's right-wing supporters appreciate his bluntness about Islamic extremists.
Reuters
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The bluntness of his question seemed to both surprise and reassure her.
Damaged
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Photograph: Caterina Clerici Her Swedish bluntness also helped us nail another interview.
The Guardian
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But Murdoch senior's bluntness had the effect of rendering James' testimony inconsequential.
Reuters

A lack of visual brightness.

Uso de dullness em inglês
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And there for one moment I stood in the stock-dullness of despair.
Thomas Wingfold, Curate V3
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The absence of Patience Oriel added to the dullness of the place.
Doctor Thorne
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I know by the dullness on the glass when I rub it.
The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales
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Afterwards Alice often wondered at her dullness in not guessing the truth.
Muslin
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Never did Pretender speculate more dully upon the dullness of the masses.
The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte
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It was chill; its dullness seemed to drive straight to her heart.
The Everlasting Whisper
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The quiet dullness of the lonely landscape harmonized with his own gloom.
Lady Audley's Secret
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Yet, now, in the dullness ran a faint suggestion of something sinister.
Within the Law: From the Play of Bayard Veiller
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The Twenty-Eighth Century was boredom unendurable, the Twenty-Sixth a morass of dullness.
The Day of the Boomer Dukes
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No, no, I am not so far gone in dullness as that.
The Deerslayer
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Before long he would be given over to dullness and immitigable ennui.
The Tysons (Mr. and Mrs. Nevill Tyson)
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Some learn to dull their shine, so that other's dullness can shine.
Jamaica Observer
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This is too often mistaken for dullness, and want of proper spirit.
Friends and Neighbors; Or, Two Ways of Living in the World
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She was wondering if any practical ability concealed itself behind his dullness.
The Shuttle
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Likewise dullness of mind is associated with every sin, according to Prov.
Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) / Translated by ...
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But gradually overcoming this physical dullness, his mind began to work again.
Maurice Guest
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