| Because four years of mind-numbing lectures have dulled my mental reflexes, I momentarily floundered in a sea of possible replies. |
| Snow squalls whiten the dulled brick wall across the street, flakes freezing on contact. |
| Somewhere overhead, light elevator music dulled the mood with the weak lighting fixtures. |
| John is old and waiting to die but the prospect of death hasn't dulled his appetite for invective or his irreverence for the great and the good. |
| Whenever possible, hang tools with cutting edges separately to keep them from getting nicked or dulled. |
| I think my sense of propriety sometimes dulled the theatrical flamboyancy at which he truly excelled. |
