dreadfully dull

Frequency: 7.04.1 per million words

used to emphasize how boring something is

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Examples (20)

  • The movie we watched last night was dreadfully dull.
  • The professor's lecture on economic theory was dreadfully dull.
  • I found the long history lecture dreadfully dull and nearly fell asleep.
  • We left the cinema early because the film was dreadfully dull.
  • He described his life in the small, quiet town as dreadfully dull.
  • I had to make an excuse to leave the party; it was dreadfully dull.
  • The first chapter of the novel was so dreadfully dull that I couldn't continue reading.
  • He tried to finish the novel, but found the plot dreadfully dull.
  • The corporate event turned out to be a dreadfully dull affair.
  • Most of the weekly team meetings are dreadfully dull and unproductive.
  • His new job consists of performing dreadfully dull administrative tasks all day.
  • After moving from the city, she found life in the small town dreadfully dull.
  • In my honest opinion, the long political debate was dreadfully dull.
  • His conversation is always so predictable and dreadfully dull.
  • The meeting would have been dreadfully dull without her witty interjections.
  • The second season of the show became dreadfully dull, so I stopped watching.
  • I expected the art exhibition to be exciting, but most of it was dreadfully dull.
  • The endless paperwork made his once-exciting job feel dreadfully dull.
  • The long winter evenings can feel dreadfully dull without any hobbies.
  • To be honest, I find the whole subject of stamp collecting dreadfully dull.