Word: dulled
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...green armored cars filled with riflemen; armored motorcycles; machine-gun companies; anti-aircraft batteries with searchlights and direction finders; motorized heavy artillery and, to show that the Army is also ready for the swamps of Eastern Europe, an equal number of horse-drawn heavy artillery. Finally came the dull field-grey tide of marching men, one division (12,000) of infantry, their buttons not polished, as for a parade, but lampblacked, as for action...
...snooping nose of a new black Ford loomed into the mirror above the windshield. Now all Chevrolet owners know what that meant. It was just like waving a red flag before a bull. The driver's hot sporting blood surged up his spine; he awakened from his spell of dull lethargy and gave the accelerator a little push. "The gap between them widened slightly and then filled up again. The Ford again showed signs of passing him, but the game Chevrolet driver depressed his accelerator a bit more and drew away. And so the informal race continued, the Chevrolet playing...
...this biography treats every aspect of the great feminist's life and works. Author Williams devotes particular attention to George Eliot's life with Lewes, explaining much of her writing in terms of that relationship which so shocked the Victorian world. Although some of the detail is dull, the book as a whole is written with charm and perception, should be the last word on George Eliot for some time to come...
Chavez conducted in Philadelphia three weeks ago, in Boston last week. In both cities he played his own Symphony of Antigone, a dissonant piece which made the proud Sophocles heroine sound like a dull young woman who made too much noise...
...independence necessary to any Harvard political organization has been carried off lock, stock, and barrel, by the tireless and determined radical group which first lulls the moderate members into dull complacency and sooner or later alienates them by its irresponsible activities. The letter leaves unanswered the significant question: what strength will be added to the Harvard Student Union by its half-hearted but involving connection with the national organization...