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Sentence Examples The blue glow dulled to blue-black, pulsing like a bruise, an open sore on the solar system. A belly full of steak pie had dulled my senses so my score wasn't as impressive as Darrens. I think my sense of propriety sometimes dulled the theatrical flamboyancy at which he truly excelled. 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. His youthful hate for a few had turned to a dulled resentment of an entire class. Snow squalls whiten the dulled brick wall across the street, flakes freezing on contact. These writers were suspicious of the enervating effects of modernity, and contrasted Australian virility with the dulled manhood of Europe. A black sky stretched out above me and cold stars gazed down with torpid light that dulled and burned a stark yellow. Zulu warriors rushed into battle after ingesting a complex concoction of roots and fungus that dulled pain and amplified aggression. Whenever possible, hang tools with cutting edges separately to keep them from getting nicked or dulled. The adrenalin and lactic acid had dulled the senses and for a moment she'd forgotten who she was and what was happening. The natural, spontaneous flow of your life energy becomes blocked or dulled. Somewhere overhead, light elevator music dulled the mood with the weak lighting fixtures. The few lunchtime conversations are dulled into unintelligibility by distance and the general air of lethargy. Their hair was messy, their clothes were ripped, their skin was dirty and scratched, and their eyes were dulled by the expression of misery. But the reality was that absinthe usually dulled artistic creativity rather than enhanced it. The once bright sun dulled behind a sheet of faint mist, and many of the busy servants had a hood drawn up against the ever thickening fog. Unlike the Boys' Brigade, he did not believe in drilling boys as it destroyed individuality and dulled enthusiasm. The scale of the novel was what impressed initially but intimacy has not dulled its artistic achievements. The pain dulled his senses, making him an empty, unfeeling shell marching along the rough terrain. Show More Sentences Because four years of mind-numbing lectures have dulled my mental reflexes, I momentarily floundered in a sea of possible replies. The consoles and instrument panels were black as well, and were not dulled by the fluorescent lights shining overhead. The result had been that he'd eventually dulled down the phobia to an aversion in regard to cats, and the gynecophobia had worn off. Memories of this incident in the west may have been dulled by the passage of time. The alcohol helped, dulled his memories and finally numbed them, as it always did. When Joan Fontaine wanted to insult Hedda Hopper, she prudently dulled the sting by making herself a target as well. Too many years as a city slicker have dulled my memory and, although the bulges were a fair indication, I had no real idea of when their young were due. The flameout dulled the gloss of a turnaround season in which they became just the ninth team in NBA history to improve from 50 losses to 50 wins. The airy sound of a panpipe cut through the dulled murmur that the crowd generated, providing a fluctuating countermelody to the sound of a stringed instrument. Every muscle in her legs were cramping and her mind was dulled with sleep. But much of their emotional sting can be dulled with an understanding of the economic facts. Much of the remaining foliage is stunted, dulled by defoliants. Today, its immediacy dulled by time and fame, it functions mainly as a visual metonym for the Great Depression. Unyoked from the activity of driving, most people experience what researchers refer to as passive fatigue, a state in which awareness is dulled. She had received counseling, antidepressants, anxiolytics, and sleep medication from her former physician, but in her opinion these had merely dulled her cognition and memory. Little red welts pepper his legs and arms, some dulled to a waxy maroon, others just plasticky-white scar tissue. Greece's fraught negotiations with its creditors have dulled the rally this week but only a bit. Before the welding wire is put in position the start point is heated briefly until the surface is dulled. Almost the entire length of the 14 cm nickel shield was discoloured as a result of heat stress, and the copper shield was dulled. His former employment may have dulled his initiative so that he depends on steady leadership. Show More Sentences They have dulled the pain and allayed the grief of the bereaved, though the sorrow is still there. Noise from fans and other installations makes us tired, so that our minds become easily dulled without us even noticing it. To reinforce the lighting effects, certain parts of the panels were polished or dulled. The rise in the dollar dulled the sharp competitive edge enjoyed by our exporting industries. If it has dulled or lost its sheen, a maintenance coat of Lifeline Advance should be applied to the affected wall. The growth in our economy over the last 10 years has dulled the reflexes needed for smooth business operations during sluggish economic times. For those who fear that video games have dulled our children's minds, Ms. Kusala Jayasuriya has some comforting words. The effects of the most recent Ice Age have not been dulled by erosion or hidden by vegetation. Here, some injection drug users reported reusing syringes so many times they had become dulled beyond usefulness. The Angel's beautiful crimson eyes dulled into a muddy, maroon color. The final observance of the day is to carve the names of every woman who broke my heart into my arms and stomach, my senses dulled by the whiskey nog. The markets and investors have become dulled to the brinksmanship now on display. The magic of the original isn't dulled in this carefully abridged volume of the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, which was nominated for the prestigious Kate Greenaway award. A politician will only be as resolute as the citizen, and Indian sensitivities have been dulled by a culture of complacence. He still feels that way, but his keen focus on becoming mayor of his hometown has dulled somewhat now that he's started a family and established roots in Houston. What little light that was given off was dulled to a murky yellow from the tobacco and smoke coming from the various pot and cigarette smokers in the room. Her judgement and sense of hearing had been dulled by the beer. The pleasure of dinner at the Ivy was dulled by smoke from a fat cigar. But the repetition certainly hasn't dulled nature's creativity. Yes, this folding knife has been dulled for use in training. Show More Sentences For the bark, dulled argent, roundly wrapped Heavy, helpless, carefully manhandled In Iowa once, among the Mennonites The hosed-down chamfered concrete pleases him. My most recent interventions are intended to shift us away from a kind of dulled entrancement that comes with a mostly functional mode of moving through the city. The NETBOOK's surface is easily dulled if not properly cared for. Her vivacious personality dulled, and her head remained bowed in shame. Time has not dulled Mr. Corey's sense of outrage. Furthermore, non-proliferation is being played up while playing down nuclear disarmament, and this has dulled the international community's awareness of nuclear disarmament as a priority issue. Admittedly, there are many words spoken and heard in this part of the liturgy and in the flood of words in our world today it is easy for us to grow weary and become dulled to the impact of words. The slowdown in trade has dulled prospects in China and lowered prices abroad from the heights of 2007-08, says Jonathan Beard of ICF GHK, a consultancy. Done and done, he said to himself. And he felt pretty good. The anger and hurt that only a few hours before had been sharp and deep had dulled. All at once the sun was through, a round of dulled silver, racing slantwise through the clouds yet always staying in the same place. It'll be interesting to see if time has dulled that fearsome edge and whether singer Angelo Moore still has a penchant for playing in the near nuddy. Think of 1940s style and you think chunky platform shoes, big-shouldered, wasp-waisted suit jackets with pleated skirts, headscarves and a colour palette dulled by war. After several experiences of this dulled vision Laurie, a former patternmaker who went on to run his own woodworking firm, decided he needed to take expert advice. Examples from Classical Literature It was a poison which produced a mild form of cerebritis that dulled but did not deaden the mental powers. Lower down, the water had carried the slightest cloud of alkali, and this had dulled the keen edge of its transparence. There was a pathetic pleading in the dulled eyes with which he regarded the Inspector. Korotkov considered that the diastolic pressure should be read at the fourth phase when the loud tone suddenly becomes dulled. Simplicity, and pure line, were lost sight of when overabundance dulled the senses of the world. Powers of mind that had been dulled were restored to animation and keenness. By another spring the aching and anxiousness were a little dulled, for habit blunts even the keen edge of mortal pain. They retain the hatchling pattern essentially unchanged, but with colors dulled and contrasts reduced. Grasping his snider by the tip of the barrel the man looked at his wife with sullen, dulled ferocity. He was victimised often and knew it, but the knowledge never dulled the edge of an insatiable appetite. He did not gulp as untrained men do when they lie, but his jaws moved stickily, and his eyes, turning towards the deed boxes on the wall, dulled. My dulled faculties dragged themselves partly back to life and took a receptive attitude. At last I caught what you may call in distinct glimpses of sound dulled metallic sound. There were no sounds but the dulled complaining of the torrent and the occasional tinkling of a distant bell. It dulled the edge of rancor brutally, as a rock dulls a razor. Only until I shall have rehabilitated myself, am I keeping my memory dulled. Even a scribbler only gets it piecemeal and through a dulled medium. But force of habit had utterly dulled its effectiveness as a weapon. His eye caught an old tub, its shininess dulled, its hull faintly scarred. Cherry said lifelessly, looking up at her sister with dulled eyes. Show More Sentences His dulled senses wished him to swoon and he opposed them stubbornly, his mind portraying unknown dangers and mutilations if he should fall upon the field. The king got his cargo aboard, and then, the talk not turning upon battle, conquest, or iron-clad duel, he dulled down to drowsiness and went off to take a nap. Rebecca thought how lovely the knot of red hair looked under the hat behind, and how the color of the front had been dulled by incessant frizzing with curling irons. The conditions of her life were in no way changed, but her whole existence was dulled, like a faded garment which seems to be no longer worth wearing. Now, when your weapons are dulled, your ardor damped, your strength exhausted and your treasure spent, other chieftains will spring up to take advantage of your extremity. Find more words! 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