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Meanings of drab in английском
Causing dejection.
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Examples for "sober"
Examples for "sober"
1
We, the public need accurate sober economic analysis and information, not speculation.
2
Not long ago, however, he contacted S., who was now sober again.
3
But he seems impressively sober about the problems facing the new Russia.
4
No trifling in the matter at all; I am in sober earnest.
5
Many historians have recorded the sober truth, which, unfortunately, seems often Mars-dry.
1
Trading was sombre across most mainland markets amid various global negative drivers.
2
An eighty-mile walk over the Sea of Rains was a sombre thought.
3
The sombre figures of the older gods encircled him in wrathful excitement.
4
Working behind the bar, rock-n-roll-vinyl fan Gabriel makes a more sombre point.
5
Wrapped in these sombre musings I walked beside him in profound silence.
1
The somber warlock was far, far away and would likely never return.
2
His manner quickly altered from light and conversant to somber and serious.
3
But I will refer to such somber times at the proper moment.
4
The hurrying voice of the girl broke in on his somber thoughts.
5
The somber blue eyes of the Virginian gleamed beneath the heavy lashes:
Usage of drab in английском
1
Will I see the familiar, drab reality of the original Gerald Livingstone?
2
The elevators were along a far wall, but their doors were drab.
3
The sixth-form library-cum-common room of a Stockport public school is timelessly drab.
4
Thanks for adding a ray of sunshine to those otherwise drab days.
5
The room was drab, disgusting; he wanted to get out of it.
6
The sight of her countrymen in their drab monotonous thousands sickened her.
7
But Labour's finance spokesperson David Parker describes it as a drab Budget.
8
It was evening; dusky shadows merged all objects into a common drab.
9
Arnold says no, for men need comforting fictions in a drab world.
10
His presence would mean comparison; contrast between drab reality and rainbow longings.
11
Another group of refugees, wearing straw hats and labourer's drab, passed by.
12
And the drab special effects are no more thrilling than yesterday's kippers.
13
If life continues on too long without incident, then it becomes drab.
14
He held out a heavy machete in an olive-drab sheath to Murphy.
15
For most generations sacrifice comes in drab weariness of spirit to men.
16
He stroked the drab clothing his sister had worn throughout his visit.
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Drab through the time
Drab across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common