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The problem is that, after being presented with such spectacularly rendered images of scaly, drab-colored dinosaurs, a brightly colored Velociraptor or Tyrannosaurus sporting a feathery coat just doesn't seem right.
That's Not a Dinosaur! Brian Switek 2011
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Next to Lola's shimmering garb, his clothes appeared almost impossibly drab-colored.
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Pushing Gisella's hands away, he rushed to the side of a broad, squat, bearded, dark-faced dwarf in a high-necked, drab-colored dress.
Stalling 2010
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The upgrade begins with its appearance; measuring 4 x 3.5 inches, the Zune HD is noticeably thinner and more elegant than the first, boxy, and drab-colored Zune models.
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The upgrade begins with its appearance; measuring 4 x 3.5 inches, the Zune HD is noticeably thinner and more elegant than the first, boxy, and drab-colored Zune models.
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But her nose was definitely still in working order because she smiled when I put the smuggled packages on her drab-colored tray.
Step on a Crack Patterson, James, 1947- 2007
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Yet, since I work here one could successfully argue that my tendencies are also towards introversion and I have plenty of drab-colored basics in my closet.
November 2007 2007
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Yet, since I work here one could successfully argue that my tendencies are also towards introversion and I have plenty of drab-colored basics in my closet.
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I looked again and, sure enough, there was a drab-colored bird clinging to the right-hand side of the trunk, a female Red-bellied Woodpecker which an instant later flew from the scene.
Woodpecker Encounter John L. Trapp 2006
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In passing through some parts where a good shower of rain has fallen, the stridulous piercing notes of the cicadae are perfectly deafening; a drab-colored cricket joins the chorus with a sharp sound, which has as little modulation as the drone of a Scottish bagpipe.
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