Word: duller
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...when I order bouf bourguignon. These incidents, embarrassing though they be, fall within the acceptable range of victimless embellishment, those exaggerations that burnish a humdrum existence, amuse our listeners or impress a potential employer. A resume is a sales document, and some puffery is tolerated. Family weddings would be duller if Uncle Joe were limited to the small fish he caught...
When picking classes, Ellison says she has to make sure her mother is at least faintly interested in the course material; in high school, Mom was known to nod off occasionally in duller classes...
...even in its duller moments, interest in the opera is maintained through the sweetness of Handel's music, the majesty of the set design and the clever use of props by the actors--which in addition to Elviro's walking flower-bed includes several infants, two live dogs and a man who occasionally strolls through with a hanger full of pots and pans...
...contrast, Tull's friend Gwyn Barry, duller and less gifted, makes millions with two politically correct, feel-good novels. Tull, feeling only jealousy and hatred, attempts to wreck Barry's career and his posh life. The attempts backfire, however, providing a source for Amis' sardonic humor-his elaborate facade for intellectual disdain and largely unearned cynicism...
...those with a taste for both melodrama and irony, it would be appealing if Tisch -- widely considered the duller of the two men -- were cunning enough to use Diller as bait for an even more robust suitor. Why, it would be the stuff of network television. Greed! Lust! Power! Infighting! Backbiting! The Barry and Larry Show, with a few mystery guest stars, could be CBS's hottest program this summer...