dreariness

A certain dreariness overtakes the consistent, relentless cleverness.

Keeping a Civil Tongue 2008

A certain dreariness overtakes the consistent, relentless cleverness.

Keeping a Civil Tongue 2008

The dreariness is a pretty terrible factor with this one as it gets overbearing at times.

Epinions Recent Content for Home 2008

I despise this kind of dreariness -- rather be in state prison near the folks.

Danger Signals Remarkable, Exciting and Unique Examples of the Bravery, Daring and Stoicism in the Midst of Danger of Train Dispatchers and Railroad Engineers John A. Hill

So there was no end to this thing, no awakening and disillusioning, none of the disappointment and dreariness which is likely to attend the translating of a dream into work-a-day life.

The Good Comrade Una Lucy Silberrad 1913

I do not of course mean, Heaven forbid! that people should try to converse seriously; that results in the worst kind of dreariness, in feeling, as Stevenson said, that one has the brain of a sheep and the eyes of a boiled codfish.

From a College Window Arthur Christopher Benson 1893

"My friend was very cheerful, and seemed to enjoy everything; but a kind of dreariness came over me, and I began comparing the loveliness of the summer evening with the cold misty blank that seemed to make up my future.

Adela Cathcart, Volume 1 George MacDonald 1864

Before Mama and I ended up on the streets, it was a wonderful escape from the dreariness of the life we were living.

Family Storms 2011

The text seems to scream out from the paper, "Fulfill your fate!" and the paint obliges with a gorgeous dreariness.

Daniel J. Kushner: "Text Painting": Grace Hartigan and Frank O'Hara at Tibor de Nagy Gallery Daniel J. Kushner 2011

The text seems to scream out from the paper, "Fulfill your fate!" and the paint obliges with a gorgeous dreariness.

Daniel J. Kushner: "Text Painting": Grace Hartigan and Frank O'Hara at Tibor de Nagy Gallery Daniel J. Kushner 2011