This kind of talk works well at political conventions, but it makes for dull stories.

I found the first story dull, the second aimless, and the third maudlin.

This state of affairs would make a dull story and soon his father's ghostly presence intervenes.

IT'S a dull story, and if you happen to be busy there's no reason to read on.

The warts are all there too for without a few blemishes I think it would be a rather dull story.

That's why I needed money right then - but that's another dull story.

"It would never be the dull foreign story," as Ms. Woods said.

If not, did you find the story static or dull?

There was a long, dull story of a grown-up kind behind these words.

I'll make a long, dull story short and say it all checked out, but I was happier seeing it myself.