Definitions
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
dull .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective deprived of color
- adjective made dull or blunt
- adjective having lost or been caused to lose interest because of overexposure
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Examples
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A pained expression dulled his features, and he shook his head.
One Summer Evening Baxter, Mary Lynn 1999
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On the battlements above, Jonat - helmet gone, sword dulled - watched helplessly as the Vagrians swept over the ramparts.
Waylander Gemmell, David 1986
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I have had some people tell me that he was drinking on the red carpet. so maybe he had kind of dulled his senses.
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I have had some people tell me that he was drinking on the red carpet. so maybe he had kind of dulled his senses.
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He has documented his experimental research which has demonstrated that the "executive function" of the brain – the part that controls thinking, problem solving and task completion – has been significantly affected, and 'dulled' – by exposure to electronic media.
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One that has been, for whatever reason, "dulled" by some purely physical phenomenon.
The New Love? 2006
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People with AIDS may describe feeling "dulled" or "slow" in their thinking.
Chapter 6 1993
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"ejectives", which can best be described as a dulled-down version of the clicks in South Africa's Xhosa language.
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Has the woman erred, and is the father's sword dulled? "
The Yotsuya Kwaidan or O'Iwa Inari Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 1 (of 2)
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They dulled the pain of broken promises and routine domestic violence with alcohol and drugs.
The Sins of Brother Curtis Lisa Davis 2011
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