Evoking an "eh"

Usage examples of drab.

None of them had any say in a change of earl--and the result of the vote would make no difference to their drab lives anyway--but they probably enjoyed watching the atheling lead in his army.

The drab robe curdled into a loathsome purple hide that squirmed with life.

There Margo saw Dariel Talcott, a tall, stoop-shouldered man with a drab, tired face.

Marine reservist, sitting dejectedly atop a pile of ammunition crates next to a large olive drab painted van, was astonished at the clockwork precision of the SGRCP as they formed a double line of club-and shield-bearing skirmishers, in front, rifle-carrying men and women behind.

The drab wash of the rainy Auburn twilight leaked through the partially polarized window, giving the one-room doss a dull, tired illumination that perfectly suited my mood.

Somebody at the Security Service was eager to let CIA know what was going on with the subject about which Langley clearly had some interest, and so whatever dribs and drabs of information came in were immediately dispatched to CIA, and thence to Fort Meade, which was scanning the ether waves for any resulting interest from the terrorist community around the world.

It was too weak and collapsed, so she and Judy had to ferry them up in dribs and drabs.

The children came out in dribs and drabs, and it was not until shortly after twenty past three that Nandira walked out of the school entrance, carrying her schoolbag in one hand and a book in the other.

Brigade must be husbanded, not frittered away by being committed to the battle in dribs and drabs.

Treadwell had also gotten out to his squad, and they had been returning to the office in dribs and drabs, catching up on things, getting the further notice that Batiste was personally okaying the overtime they needed to serve subpoenas, write their reports, do their work.

The zombies that trickled south from the decoy missions arrived in dribs and drabs and were easily burned from the air by dragon fire.

And so Crown Prince Vindax flew on to Ninar Foan, a bleak and forbidding castle looming over a drab town, its rough stone walls swept by the chill winds of the Rand and lit by a reluctant red sun.

The Fondaco itself was a post office now, drab, artless, without vibration.

A pale, petite woman with long auburn hair, she wore the drab blue one-piece uniform with the flag of Izar emblazoned over the heart that indicated an Izarian peace officer.

The conservatively styled BMWs and Infinitis looked drab in contrast, though somebody had spiced up his love life with one of those kicky little BMW Z4 Roadsters in sleek, polished silver.