Sentences with phrase «dull by»

Tip: Elevate your bulletin - board from dorm - room dull by coverig it in burlap and painting it a bright orange hue.

Apple has painted us a picture of what its mobile future looks like, so is it any surprise the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus seem dull by comparison?

Displayed around the gallery side - by - side, essentially in deep conversation with one another, the bold statement made by the suite of blue canvases renders the Afro Margin drawings (2004 - 07) in the adjacent alcove dull by comparison.

We've become so accustomed to big name game projects being all about the stretch goals that this kind of progress — though steadily climbing towards the initial goal and then some — is just slow and dull by comparison.

Combat isn't dull by any means but could use more variety and style for sure.

In all honesty, it makes every other racing game seem dull by comparison.

By the time I was playing my first arcade shooters, they were Galaxian and Galaga, the latter of which I still love dearly, but even its predecessor feels dull by comparison.

He's also a big fan of the Takedown mode, but finds the pure Racing a little dull by comparison, without explosions all over the place every five seconds.

I could hardly concentrate as our guide pointed out kingfishers, buffalo, and nesting jabiru, undoubtedly fascinating wildlife rendered dull by its lack of interest in eating me.

They make the popular Fiji tourist attractions look dull by showing you places only known to the local villagers.

I sort of miss them, as the new lower grille is a bit dull by comparison.

It made everyone else's three - row crossover seem a little dull by comparison.

Also like the 3008, the new 508's cabin is more interesting than those of rivals, taking aim at cars like the Audi A4 and making the straight - laced Volkswagen Passat seem positively dull by comparison.

Parts of F6 are fun, but a convoluted plot, with terrible, frenetically chopped up action set pieces, and an overextended run time, make this film cumbersome and dull by the end.

Experts have suggested that modern TV shows are so exciting and fast paced that they make reading and schoolwork seem dull by comparison, and the same may be true for video games, the study notes.

The team showed potential trailers to a group of individuals to identify which version caused the greatest brain activity, and flagged scenes that were interpreted as dull by apparently disinterested brains.

But, as Ferguson notes, such exhibits are considered too kitschy and too dull by the standards of today's leading historical museums, including the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield, Illinois.

Our ability to learn, to adapt, to be flexible, to build relationships, all of this is dulled by pride.

In that sense, Hannah Arendt was one of many Jewish, Christian, and nonreligious intellectuals» of whom there were many, if not a majority, in Germany» as well as working people, whose spirit was dulled by memories of a deeply flawed national ambition and shattered personal expectations.

One can not but be surprised (when one looks at it with a mind not dulled by habit) at the extraordinary care taken by Christ to urge upon men the importance of loving one another.

He quoted Jesus» injunction: «Keep a watch on yourselves; do not let your minds be dulled by dissipation and drunkenness and worldly cares so that the great Day closes upon you suddenly like a trap» (Luke 2 1:36).

Allow this center in a man to remain dulled by the crowd; allow it to continue dissipated by busyness; permit it to go on evading its function by a round of distractions, or to lull itself by a carefully chosen rotation of pleasures; abandon it to its attempt to drug, to narcotize suffering and remorse which might reveal to it its true condition; let it wither away the sense of its own validity by false theories of man's nature, of his place in the social pattern, of his way of salvation; in short, allow any of these well - known forms of domestication of man's responsible core as an individual, to continue unchallenged, and you as a thinker and a friend of men have committed the supreme treason!

They do not recognize him, and Luke suggests it is because their understanding has been dulled by God.

William Wordsworth lamented for all of us the fading of those alert years when «the heart leaped up» at the sight of a rainbow or when eyes not yet dulled by dissipation could catch the «splendor in the grass».

It's pretty clear that Paul is talking about something profound in 1 Corinthians 10 regarding both the context and the ramifications of our table fellowship, and it's pretty clear that the deep significance of this has become dulled by the way in which we commonly use, place and define communion in most church services.

The joy of the challenge and the anticipation of the peak is dulled by the fact that he did it alone, without his people.

Struthers believes our brains are being dulled by pornography, and that our relational abilities are being damaged and eroded as a result.

An effective group provides the fresh air of honesty and acceptance to awaken spirits dulled by the smog of manipulative relationships and the loneliness of a bureaucratic society.

The tartness of the turmeric is dulled by the milk and cinnamon.

It is a little scary to think about, but at the same time I am very interested in the intimacy provided by birthing at home, and although there will obviously be pain, I am keen to make sure that my rememberances of the esxperience are not dulled by drugs.

Some researchers now wonder if would - be Einsteins and Edisons can achieve their full potential if their creativity and drive are dulled by ADHD drugs.»

And where the psyche and heart are dulled by the tension and disappointment of heartache, grief, and loss, those same relaxant effects yield nurturing and soothing.

We'll take some time to reconnect with nature and awaken our senses that are often dulled by overstimulation.

I'm not an advocate of all - or - nothing diet plans, and a bit of 80 % cocoa dark chocolate makes my heart sing in the afternoon sometimes, but you will realize a renewed, sensitive set of taste buds that have been dulled by processed foods.

Warm tones are great for brightening skin that's been dulled by the tail end of winter.

It created a little more moody photos, with more blue and pink tones as the sun was dulled by the mist and clouds.

Only a terrific performance from Om Peri as Ganesh's money - hungry father - in - law, bares some interesting moments, though many of them are dulled by the overt mediocrity of the rest of the picture.

The Turing Test attempts to say something meaningful, but its message is dulled by a poorly thought out narrative and mediocre writing.

Lin makes this retread duller by resorting to shaky - cam aesthetics, and quick - editing techniques for the action scenes.

More than he's been allowed to do in either Collet - Serra vehicle before this one, Neeson gets to portray a real character here, a man who may have once had a particular set of skills but has seen then dulled by age, regret and whiskey.

Their search for protection proves futile, until Jacob, dulled by an opium addiction but still deadly, joins the effort.

Unfortunately, Bigelow's literary muse, Mark Boal (The Hurt Locker, Zero Dark Thirty) has delivered a screenplay that falls short of his usual high standards, as moments of Bigelow-esque brilliance are dulled by overdrawn scenes that become repetitive and tiresome.

His statements are not dulled by any overbearing cruelty to the characters, but instead the minor atrocities put upon them help to give weight to their problems, not make them seem like cartoons of a sadistic artist.

Riseborough, last seen wooing Billie Jean King over a haircut in Battle of the Sexes, is frumped - up here, her Kewpie - doll radiance dulled by a sickly pallor, bad bangs and a delivery that's deadpan verging on lethargic.

In an era where narrative twists have been dulled by overuse, director Park Chan - wook pulls the rug out from under us time and again with breathtaking grace and precision.

The colour palette characterises the motel as a distorted mirror of Disneyland, which reflects the thematic idea that the children are too young to understand the difficulties around them but their enthusiasm for life and each other is never dulled by their limited socioeconomic circumstances.

So I'll still go with that ending: I like the bookends of Chris surviving an encounter with the cops thanks to weird third - party intervention at the movie's beginning and finale, and I don't think Peele's sociological acuteness is dulled by his declining to end on a note of futility.

Arguably, these are merely once - known facts that have been dulled by an aging memory and unconnected to what is really important to know: the acquisition, mastery and application of basic literacy skills.

«No mental tool honed by human intellect, curiosity and experience can long resist being dulled by simple ignorance or stupidity.»

Subaru's sensations are further dulled by boring continuously variable transmissions (CVTs), a droning belt - and - pulley contraption that often feels like no transmission at all.