Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having eyes dull in expression; being of dull vision.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having eyes wanting brightness, liveliness, or vivacity.
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Examples
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In the late nineteenth century, white travelers in the American west described Indians as dirty, primitive, dull-eyed and listless.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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In the late nineteenth century, white travelers in the American west described Indians as dirty, primitive, dull-eyed and listless.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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The woman, Anna, not young, but not as old as she looked, was pale, dull-eyed, her skin waxy.
THE BOX marci stillerman 2011
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In the late nineteenth century, white travelers in the American west described Indians as dirty, primitive, dull-eyed and listless.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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In the late nineteenth century, white travelers in the American west described Indians as dirty, primitive, dull-eyed and listless.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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The woman, Anna, not young, but not as old as she looked, was pale, dull-eyed, her skin waxy.
THE BOX marci stillerman 2011
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Of course, we were shocked by the mass suicide of Jonestown and the brutality and violence of Manson and his so-called "family" and other weird manifestations of mind control, which brought into the popular culture terms such as "deprogramming" and images of dull-eyed young people selling flowers at airports.
Warren Adler: Martha Marcy May Marlene: A Brave Movie Warren Adler 2011
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They sit with each other drinking beer, discussing exchange rates and local prices, and looking sadly dull-eyed.
In Africa, where there are dreadlocks, there are white tourists being preyed upon 2010
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The five Cutters were undercover tonight, black irises hidden under dull-eyed contacts, cruel-pretty jaws softened by smart-plastic masks.
Scott Westerfeld: Uglies Quartet Scott Westerfeld 2010
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The five Cutters were undercover tonight, black irises hidden under dull-eyed contacts, cruel-pretty jaws softened by smart-plastic masks.
Scott Westerfeld: Uglies Quartet Scott Westerfeld 2010
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