How do you use Drear in a sentence? See 2 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like blue or dreary, plus the exact meaning.
Drear meaning
Dreary.
Synonyms of Drear
Using Drear
- The main meaning on this page is: Dreary.
- Useful related words include: blue, cheerless, dreary, drab.
Context around Drear
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Drear
- In this selection, "drear" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Recognizable usage signals include be so drear because the and hyphen between drear and nighted. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "drear" sits close to words such as aaai, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with drear
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
For now, to paraphrase Slim Dusty, things won't be so drear because the pub will have some beer. (19 words)
The title-lines, first: the lack of a hyphen between “drear” and “nighted” adds to the slow weight of the words opening stanzas one and two. (26 words)
The title-lines, first: the lack of a hyphen between “drear” and “nighted” adds to the slow weight of the words opening stanzas one and two. (26 words)
For now, to paraphrase Slim Dusty, things won't be so drear because the pub will have some beer. (19 words)
Example sentences (2)
The title-lines, first: the lack of a hyphen between “drear” and “nighted” adds to the slow weight of the words opening stanzas one and two.
For now, to paraphrase Slim Dusty, things won't be so drear because the pub will have some beer.