| Part of the overall drabness in this film emerges from the unescapable funnel effect of the visuals, which are doused in a cold blue-steel tint. |
| I got the underpainting done today, experiencing the old feeling that a nice fresh drawing was being submerged in a more or less monotone drabness. |
| After the drabness of the 1950s, her clothes were chic and slightly transgressive, but not haute couture. |
| The extravagant plumage of peacocks contrasts with the drabness of peahens. |
| There was time to see the drabness of his boarding place, so he changed it. |
| It is a wonderful book, rich with feeling and detail and sensuality, and a perfect antidote to the drabness of London in winter. |
