drab

Preposition: as

fool: It read: Drab as a fool, aloof as a bard.

Preposition: over

year: Even if, as is the case, it is delivered in dribs and drabs over several years.

Adjective complement with noun phrase

• make: Maybe I'm making this sound more drab than it was in reality.
• look: If your website images are looking a bit drab and outdated, why not have a 360° photo done?

Modifies a noun

• uniformity: Broken by war, it was reduced by communism to drab uniformity, and a way of life was lost forever.
• surroundings: A colorful character, he somehow didn't fit into the drab surroundings of the rehab unit.
• gray: The drab gray of winter yields to the lush green of spring.
• clothes: He blamed the poor lighting in the forest and that the Cross Dressing Trekker was wearing drab clothes.
• encounter: Cardiff City earned a point at the New Den in a drab encounter against the FA Cup finalists.
• existence: But when a band of gypsies comes to the village Peter's drab existence is turned upside down.

Modifying Another Word

• rather: Beyond a rather drab, static menu page, the extras herein are great.
• somewhat: The salad is somewhat drab, with only lettuce to complement the chicken with.
• otherwise: But there are also poor patches of grass and a few small pools to brighten an otherwise drab landscape.
• pretty: How They Changed the World By William C. Burger The world would be a pretty drab place without flowers.
• little: They seemed a little drab for New York Broadway.
• very: Made our boat look very drab in just plain dark green.

Used with adjective complement

• look: Made our boat look very drab in just plain dark green.
• seem: They make the illustrations in the guide seem very drab.

Preposition: in

comparison: The Speckled Teal and Yellow-billed Pintails on the lake below opposite seemed very drab in comparison!

Preposition: with

male: Chalkhill Blues were now appearing in dribs and drabs with 32 males and one female counted in a half transect trek.