Which preposition to use with duller

in Occurrences 66%

" "Buffon" "Yes, yes, Mac, and the hares got white, and the men, playin' a losin' game for centuries, got dull in their heads and stunted in their legsalways cramped up in a kaiak like those fellas at St. Michael's.

of Occurrences 46%

And is there anyone so dull of wit as not to conclude that from the aforesaid friendship arose many opportunities for him and me of holding discourse together in public?

as Occurrences 46%

He went out to his door again, And merrily did sing, "Come hither, hither, pretty fly, With pearl and silver wing; Your robes are green and purple, There's a crest upon your head; Your eyes are like the diamond bright, But mine are dull as lead.

to Occurrences 32%

No metre had any difficulties for her, and no theme seemed dull to her vivid intelligence,her fancy being roused to action in a moment, by the barest hint given either by Nature or Art.

for Occurrences 31%

Heavy and phlegmatic he trod the stage, Too proud for tenderness, too dull for rage.

with Occurrences 27%

The hearth will soon grow cold, and the bright eyes of the fairest woman will dull with age, and the years will find you heavy and slow, with a coward's shrinking from death.

than Occurrences 20%

I am flatter than a denial or a pancake; emptier than Judge Parke's wig when the head is in it; duller than a country stage when the actors are off it,a cipher, an o!

at Occurrences 19%

What, so excellent at Intrigues, and so dull at an Excuse?

without Occurrences 12%

They said that the house was already dull without his presence.

from Occurrences 9%

Love wakes the dull from sluggish Ease, And learns a Clown the Art to please: Humbles the Vain, kindles the Cold, Makes Misers free, and Cowards bold.

by Occurrences 6%

To adapt a Baconian phrase, the weather is the one subject that you cannot dull by jading it too far.

after Occurrences 6%

He followed Mr. Montague along the sidewalk a little way, and then exchanged a few hurried words with some men who were standing near, and hastened home through streets that seemed dark and dull after the splendor of the fire.

than Occurrences 3%

One would think you'd never read an eclogue of Virgilyou're duller than a doctor of divinity's after-dinner speech!

on Occurrences 3%

Such is the influence of the weather, that children are almost always dull on dull days, and then a little music is of great advantage.

over Occurrences 3%

"It's very dull over 'ere all alone by myself.

about Occurrences 3%

He could not force himself to ask for a loan outright, and Hayes had been strangely dull about his cautious hints.

beyond Occurrences 2%

"The knife is dull beyond words.

around Occurrences 1%

We were no longer moping and dull around the table.

unto Occurrences 1%

The eye was shut in men; the hearing ear Dull unto deafness; nought but earthly things Had credence; and no highest art that flings A spirit radiance from it, like the spear Of the ice-pointed mountain, lifted clear In the nigh sunrise, had made skyey springs Of light in the clouds of dull imaginings: Vain were the painter or the sculptor here.

amongst Occurrences 1%

This caused his progress to be slow at first, and him to appear dull amongst those who merely learned by rote; but as he got a hold of the meaning of it all, his progress grew faster and faster, until at length in most studies he outstripped all the rest.

like Occurrences 1%

" Then Sir Tristram raised his eyes very slowly (for they were heavy and dull like lead) and he looked at Gouvernail for some while as though not seeing him.

among Occurrences 1%

Even the dullest among us understood that we three might be absent from the settlement many days, and yet our preparations for the dangerous journey were most simple.

at Occurrences 1%

We have been dull at Worthing one summer, duller at Brighton another, dullest at Eastbourn a third, and are at this moment doing dreary penance atHastings!and all because we were happy many years ago for a brief week atMargate.

Which preposition to use with  duller