How to Use drab in a Sentence

drab

adjective

• He lives a drab life.
• Is the skin around your eyes looking a bit dull and drab?
  — Dallas News, 30 Nov. 2022
• The only thing off about the scene was the drab wheelchair ramp that led to the front door.
  — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2023
• This gem transforms your wardrobe from drab to fab in a flash.
  — Anna Smoot, Rolling Stone, 23 Feb. 2024
• Even in a drab place like this, O'Connell still bore witness.
  — Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2023
• In a sea of drab, black winter coats, the pasta puffer stands alone.
  — Priya Krishna, New York Times, 1 Mar. 2023
• When Ryan moved in, the decor was dark and drab, with orange-brown wood and a red ceiling and walls.
  — ELLE Decor, 30 Sep. 2022
• Of these, much of the blame falls on the brown recluse, a somewhat drab, venomous spider native to parts of the U.S.
  — Anna Nordseth, Discover Magazine, 27 July 2023
• The change in plumage from a drab olive color in the winter to bright yellow in the summer is a sight to see.
  — John Heasly, USA TODAY, 6 July 2023
• The easiest way to bring life to a drab space is with bold, fun color.
  — Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 13 Jan. 2023
• Slap this color explosion up and watch the place go from drab to fab.
  — Cristian Esteban, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2023
• The males have a brilliant green mask and cream cap, while females are more drab looking.
  — Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Oct. 2023
• Have a drab, blank space on your living room wall that’s in need of a colorful print?
  — Rachel Schnalzer, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2022
• Plus, YuChen puts to rest, once and for all, the false assumption that steamed food is drab, bland, or boring.
  — Antara Sinha, Bon Appétit, 14 Feb. 2022
• Your winter style shouldn't be drab, so make a statement with a boho-chic skirt.
  — Sophie Dweck, Town & Country, 28 Dec. 2022
• Say goodbye to drab laundry and hello to bright and fresh whites with the right detergent choice!
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 11 Apr. 2023
• Sure, summer can be hot and muggy, but that doesn't mean your garden has to look drab and wilted.
  — Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 17 May 2023
• Mix up your drab den or lackluster hallway with this bar cart.
  — Maria Conti, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 June 2023
• Only to leave you at a glorified bus stop on a drab block with two lanes of traffic on either side.
  — John King, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 Oct. 2021
• In one, also from August, Mr. Prigozhin, dressed in a drab beige uniform, promised pardons for the inmates who made it back from Ukraine alive.
  — Thomas Gibbons-Neff, New York Times, 16 Dec. 2022
• Agnes spends the series sheathed in a drab, severe outfit that effaces her as a person, couture from the House of Orwell.
  — James Poniewozik, New York Times, 29 Feb. 2024
• On the losers’ side is the Class B stuff, namely older spaces with low ceilings, soulless cube farms, and drab lobbies.
  — Larry Light, Fortune, 14 Apr. 2022
• Eddie updated the drab finish and dingy, beige fabric with creamy white paint and a new seat cushion.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 2 Aug. 2023
• But the drab, boxy building across the street, once an apartheid government checkpoint for Black workers, is dripping with trash.
  — Lynsey Chutel, New York Times, 17 May 2023
• That’s something Jackson says on camera more than once over the course of this drab and redundant docuseries.
  — Washington Post, 31 Jan. 2022
• The hat is familiar, its drab gray material rendered in rows and rows of short, thin lines.
  — Christopher Parker, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Oct. 2023
• What looks to us like a drab female bird might in fact be a riot of swirling ultra-violet designs.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 24 June 2023
• While the game might be the most exciting thing on the menu, your Super Bowl party would be rather drab without delicious snacks and bites.
  — Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 6 Feb. 2023
• Anwar spared no expense in turning the drab space into a state-of-the-art facility.
  — Brendan I. Koerner, Wired, 12 Oct. 2021
• Before the Voyagers proved otherwise, the assumption had been that all moons in the solar system would be more or less alike—drab and cratered.
  — Tim Folger, Scientific American, 18 June 2022

Last Updated: 28 May 2024