The deep, bright red band on her funnel gave her a touch of coquetry, but she had the drabness of senility; she was worn out, and working, when she should have gone to the junk pile years before.

Here and there, breaking the monotony of dark house-fronts, were little isolated shops, which gave a touch of colour to the drabness.

She was discountenanced by her inherent drabness: beaten by the limits of her capacity.

This one of his grandfathers used to love wine, women, cards and everything else that helped to modify life's general drabness.

Amid the immobility of the indifferent attendants, and in the dampness and drabness of a London day, this Italian boy radiated light.