The Collaborative International Dictionary
Dull-eyed \Dull"-eyed`\, a.
Having eyes wanting brightness, liveliness, or vivacity.
--Shak.
Usage examples of "dull-eyed".
Kai and Kim whispered and giggled, and Tranh asked the American what his friendskinnier, beadless, dull-eyed and open-mouthed, with a complicated headset covering his scalpwas studying.
They passed several still living vaada standing in openings, dull-eyed and indifferent, their carapaces mucky and scratched, their top arms dangling limply in front of their tilted thoraxes, their mid-arms tucked up tight.
A man might rail against the sun's rising in the east as easily as against the Bobcats once again playing the part of the walked-on in the league's latest walk-over -- such were the dull-eyed Facts of Life --but she didn't have to be so mean about it!
Whether it was The Red Pony, Dragstrip Demon, The Catcher in the Rye, or I Am Legend, the reaction was always the same — frowning, dull-eyed concentration, followed by a frowning, dull-eyed book report that would earn either a hook or, if his English teacher was feeling particularly generous that day, a B-.