Dull
Dull verb - To reduce or weaken in strength or feeling.
Files
Both words in one sentence
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Done rather creepily on The X-Files with Eugene Victor Tooms, the liver-eating mutant whose eyes glow a dull yellow.
Source: By the Lights of Their Eyes -
Jo Files also has a storybook tree, where the stories are "dull and confusing" if they're picked too soon, but if you wait until they're ripe, they're excellent.
Source: Grows on Trees
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