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1. We are mentally dull and bored
2. The carriage clock in the drawing room ticked away, drawing the dull hands of
3. thought that the dull, humped shape at the side of the road was just a rocky outcrop or
4. a parasite on the arse of an Arabian stallion, and yet, like that flea, this dull object
5. I tried to relax but there was a horrible dull pounding, like heavy road works, that was setting me on edge
6. That same dull light trickled into my cell, opening up a chequered world of dusk and shadow through the fibres of my hood
7. I occasionally meet Mandy (aunt Hermione's extremely boring niece: the only thing she does is answer ''yes'' or ''no'' to my questions), Lena (an incredibly dull, married hen: I visit her once a week, and as soon as I get there she starts helping her sons with their homework; she won't stop until I leave) or Persephone (rather depressed, yet she is the only one with whom I have something to discuss)
8. I tried to unravel time in some vain hope of stopping the days from ticking over into the new shift pattern, but the inevitable morning dawned with the usual sounds of boots on concrete, sliding locks and the dull metallic alarm of my breakfast tray being laid on the floor by my mattress
9. As far as external stimuli are concerned I remember little other than a dull ache of occasional electric light and the return of Smiler’s simple, direct and low-level violence
10. We approached junctions, the heavy braking making me slide feet first towards the front of the truck and sending needles of dull pain up my legs
11. How would they know it was me? Might they not think that the guards had cottoned-on to them and were playing a joke? Were they even now expecting the doors to slam open and the night air to be filled with the dull thud of fists and boots and wooden stocks?
12. The dull thwack of a rifle butt in a stomach
13. The dull weight of bodies and testosterone faded into silence as the monstrous beast moved away and down the stairs
14. Menachem and I nursed each other through the dull, closed days of January, meeting Aban and the increasingly skittish Beniamin at the whim of our guards
15. At first the driver thought that the dull, humped shape at the side of the road was just a rocky outcrop or an orphaned section of dry stone wall
16. and stone weathers, dull but
17. I remember the dull little place, flea infested and poked about,
18. dull brocade in one cold hand,
19. above an ear, eyes are dull, Sunday tired,
20. Flakes of dull white paint catch in the breeze
21. creaking away the dull hours of ugly rest
22. released into the fields after winter sheds and dull bulbs,
23. Not only do all the bones in my body ache with the relentless dull pain of toothache, but I feel emotionally dead … rolling over with an audible groan, I bury my head in the pillow
24. to dull the edges of these flowers,
25. Desa was feeling a little dull and grey herself lately, and some of that was undoubtedly that she was used to some of the colors being turned up some of the time at least
26. What a dull morning
27. and the dull thud of lead on bullet proof vests
28. The dull, colorless, empty feeling brought on by the absence of yaag hadn't bothered her during the later part of the camping trip as much as it had before Desa made Alan share his body with her, but the quest for a buzz was still there and the presence of a keg was irresistible
29. The dull emptyness sometimes attacked her when she kept it down to two, she was already wanting one when she first woke up, especially on a Nightday when she'd slipped badly the Afternoonday before
30. when her rags and hanging mules assume the dull
31. Let us then consider the second argument against vegetarianism, that the vegetarian diet is dull and uninteresting
32. The dull aspect of opening a shop is
33. Fragrance is what the heart needs to remain young and the sundry, intermittent associations that Tom engaged in were based on the satisfying of dull need rather than on the delicate perfume of hope and future expectations
34. Yes, the cover was scary and dull at the same time, something possible only in
35. Ken was nursing a dull head and an urgent desire for sugary drinks, but lacking the wherewithal to solve either problem he did his best to bury himself in the nutritional information on the back of the cereal packet
36. The trishul entered Omi's stomach with a dull thud
37. “I can see that you two are going to have a very interesting life; there will never be a dull moment in your house
38. in were based on the satisfying of dull need rather than on the
39. The dull and colorless void could burst with color
40. 15For this people's heart is waxed gross and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes
41. Her left arm and hand are bruised and stained dull purple from the repeated attempts to cannulate
42. Except for the birds, the only sound was the thud of the spades slicing the earth and the dull splat of the soil as it was heaped on the side
43. Sitting in the back of a cab in morose silence, Billy lets the music in his head fade to dull static
44. Helen does as she is told, as she has done for the last week, palming a few sachets of Bliss with the doctor's consent and stuffing them into the jacket along with a dull edged paring knife
45. its momentum to carry Brunno to Jack; the two collided with a dull thud
46. He realises as he listens to the dull rubber soled thud of his feet on the road, as he moves in time with the beat of the bass line, that the monsters have never been that far away
47. “Would you care to join us, Chloe? It may be dull, but I've never seen the hamlet that gave birth to the legend
48. on, and her dull blue apron tied loosely behind her back
49. Hours later the anger wound down into a dull emptiness as the trail got long and the cargo got heavy
50. It was dull, if anything
1. The noise dulled, but
2. He nodded wordlessly, breathing heavily, his usually brilliant green eyes now dulled and half-closed with pain
3. Her eyes, usually bright and hopeful, had been dulled by anguish
4. She leaned against a rotting wooden fence, her eyes aglow with the reflections of the same lights - but at the same time dulled by sadness and contemplation
5. The hospital, which predated the surrounding buildings by at least a hundred years, stood out from the turn-of-the-century warehouses and it's once sparkling granite facade was dulled by decades of grime
6. As we arrived we could see that the rest of the lads were already there we were dressed in jumpers and trousers and our boots were dulled we had on balaclavas and had blackened our faces
7. These ships were designed more for troop carrying or perhaps even show, and they lumbered at everything in a seemingly slow and dulled way that their actions were ill-defined
8. The drinks in the bar had dulled his senses, and yet his environment – which initially seemed adverse and mildly intimidating – had taken on a beguiling quality, not least the girl asleep beside him
9. The poison has dulled his faculties and is on its way to rendering him bedridden
10. “You know,” he said in a conversational tone, “I could break this thing like a twig, but then the pain would only last a second or two before it dulled to a throb
11. After he had dulled the fresh appearance of the numbers with a few light touches with an eraser, he congratulated himself on his work
12. The cries of some unlucky few were dulled by the falling rain
13. He heard dulled grunting noises and shouts from Nicole, as he felt a crushing pressure around his windpipe and blood rising up in his head and ears
14. My memories of Tris, some of the most powerful memories I have, have dulled with time, as memories do, and they no longer sting as they used to
15. The final words were dulled out as there came an explosion of
16. The roar of the crowd dulled and the women, speaking into collar
17. Congratulations were being offered by many hands from all sides, but the edge of victory dulled as they lifted him into the ambulance
18. The Lord of the North’s Pillar of Fire by night and Hovering Cloud by day was nowhere to be seen that might have dulled or challenged Aten’s ascendancy
19. day was nowhere to be seen that might have dulled or challenged Aten's ascendancy
20. Pascal explained that as one became dulled with use, I was to switch to another
21. His fatigue dulled his edge
22. Tepeu turned and gave him a slit look, Kiyo dulled out, the pride in his face wiped out
23. She also drank several cups of black coffee to stimulate her dulled
24. dulled by the dredges of sleep, she closed her eyes again when she
25. His wife Catherine was a petite auburn haired woman, whose accent although dulled by long residence in England was very familiar to Matthew
26. But the edge of her fear was dulled, and, lulled by the monotony of motion, she passed into a quiet slumber
27. They were dulled and dusty
28. In his dulled ears sounded the louder beat of wings
29. When one sense is dulled by continual laceration, I will discover a newer, more poignant pang
30. Neither the skeleton at his feet nor the monster crouching below disturbed his mind or dulled the edge of his interest
31. After a while, the stomach pains dulled to a mild cramp that I could ignore
32. Still angry and defiant, Travis mustered a smile to demonstrate that the Chinese water drum had not dulled his spirits
33. They dulled out the part of my brain that kept a running tab on my unhappiness
34. been slightly dulled, probably the alcohol or the relaxed time he
35. Worm’s armored dulled the blow, but the force was still enough to rupture the skin
36. I laugh, but what do ye think the grog is to drive away? I drink all night so that in the day, when I sleep, those terrors will be dulled
37. He fired shots into Redbolt’s shoulder but the animal’s thick hide stopped the rounds that were already dulled by its armor
38. ” The sorrow in his expression slowly dulled, only to be replaced with inquisitiveness at the suspicious line of questioning
39. His arithmetic skills had dulled
40. tired, and the past several hours in the saddle had dulled their senses
41. intensely on Wickland and gave no indication of senility or dulled senses
42. Living a life away from and separate from God we have had our senses dulled to what is a valid and normative sexual expression
43. Each edge was dulled for tournament competition, and there was a little metal ball on the end where the point should have been
44. If another ship were in the outspace at the position that they were coming out of hyperspace, if the pilot's sensitivity acuteness were dulled for some reason, if he was not quick enough on the hyperspace switch, then the fatal explosion would occur killing everybody on board both ships, no exceptions
45. Gradually, the burning in her legs dulled to an electric blanket warm, and the wind rushing past her cooled her
46. I thought about saying something clever about the weather, but all I could come up with were worn out clichés that would have just dulled the moment
47. What he's saying is, don't come under any other influence that would cloud your thinking, your mind and ability to make decisions, whether it's drink, drugs or any other kind of thing; don't let your mind senses be dulled
48. A thousand years ago, it was a tool of power and savage joy; but the idle centuries had dulled the blade and broken the menace
49. “Maybe the bloodlust dulled his senses
50. Fleurette had been a great support for Charlie, not wanting his passion or dreams to ever be dulled
1. The dulling over time that Johnson was so convinced would
2. Time passed and she began to breath more easily, her tiredness dulling her misery
3. animal butchering in slaughterhouses upon finding that the dulling process is
4. “His eye’s dulling, heart slowing
5. And, to put it bluntly, it has a dulling effect on their personalities"
6. The appetite dulling effect of whiskey was wearing off and thoughts of the shack and food became inspiration
7. medications (if relevant), dulling of the senses, slowing
8. His eyes took on a strange look, almost a glassy sheen, dulling the blueness of the pupils
9. Not protecting us at all, instead preventing us from knowing what we are meant to feel! Also dulling the importance of the cause, thereby keeping us from reacting as we should
10. A growth-oriented body politic ensnared in endless economic confrontations killed the collective creative spirit by dulling it with a variety of trance-distractions, from sports contests to street theater protests to iWorlds to eScapes
11. Already, she could feel the tequila working its magic on her nerve endings, dulling their response to his nearness
12. An inferno of terror burst through her, jolting her thoughts, dulling her instincts
13. something we are trying to dril through keeps dulling our dril head so that it has to be resharpened every few feet
14. As a result, we lost that sharpness of awareness which comes with waking just before daybreak; we lost the need to be intensely aware of our surroundings, we lost the sensitivity of our awareness that was needed in order to survive without tools, and in this process of dulling our awareness in order to use tools better; we lost our sense of pure wonder
15. It was hard and she feared that she was dulling his knife, but she was determined
16. He was crafty: dulling men's wariness, or working on their fears, as served the occasion
17. When guests are finished eating the white menu and have also enjoyed the drink package, this means there is a dulling of attention and taste buds
18. (2) It must introduce into the instruction the child's personal interest, so that the matter be furthered by this interest, and not by dulling violence
19. , who really did not want any war, could not help but agree to it, and we all know what happened: the destruction of hundreds of thousands of innocent people and the bestialization and dulling of millions
20. If there were no external means of dulling their sensibilities, half of mankind would shoot themselves without delay, for to live in opposition to one's reason is the most intolerable condition
1. “It’s a herb that dulls the intellect and renders the drinker susceptible to manipulation,” Hollowcrest said calmly
2. It dulls pain, but it tends to leave one volatile
3. The tip is carved from a rock that is hard, sharp, and never dulls
4. destroys surface finish and dulls tools much more quickly
5. = deaden and dulls pain, deadens senses to cope with life
6. Shielding ourselves from the vivid primary colors of emotion, only showing them muted into delicate pastels, also dulls the sensations
7. This soap opera clutters the mind with fantasy biographies and statistical histories of sports scores, stock quotes, and social did you hear's triggering the stress-readied ego to obsessively seek refuge in some alterscape that dulls the banality of their screen-addicting flight from the boredom of an unoccupied self
8. Girls must keep gay and attractive; they must meet men with a bright, unfaltering look, and alcohol just dulls the edge of conscience
9. The point is the use of tools, including the use of fire dulls human awareness and narrows it
10. Or… if we choose to numb it, avoid it: then we must ignore and not be aware of anything that is connected to this pain which further dulls our senses and awareness and understanding
11. Psychobiological pain dulls our senses
12. These four legends express the four stages descended by the drunkard; the first, intoxication, which enlivens; the second, that which irritates; the third, that which dulls; and the fourth, that which brutalizes
13. On the part of the selfish, the prejudices, shadows of costly education, appetite increasing through intoxication, a giddiness of prosperity which dulls, a fear of suffering which, in some, goes as far as an aversion for the suffering, an implacable satisfaction, the I so swollen that it bars the soul; on the side of the wretched covetousness, envy, hatred of seeing others enjoy, the profound impulses of the human beast towards assuaging its desires, hearts full of mist, sadness, need, fatality, impure and simple ignorance
14. Bitter and base associations have become the sole food of your memory: you wander here and there, seeking rest in exile: happiness in pleasure—I mean in heartless, sensual pleasure—such as dulls intellect and blights feeling
15. Cold dulls the mind