The extravagant plumage of peacocks contrasts with the drabness of peahens. |
Moths are generally distinguished from butterflies by their drabness, yet the luna moth is almost flamboyant. |
It doesn't help that today is a Sunday, so the usual bustle of hawkers, pedestrians and cars that enliven the empty drabness are missing. |
After the drabness of the 1950s, her clothes were chic and slightly transgressive, but not haute couture. |
The snow pattered down around me as I looked up at her, landing in my hair and covering the dull drabness of my dress with fluffy flakes. |
It is a wonderful book, rich with feeling and detail and sensuality, and a perfect antidote to the drabness of London in winter. |