The presence of men of prominence offset the drab surroundings.

Then she opened the aluminum screen door and ushered Allen Kane into the drab surroundings.

The flag was new; its colours looked too bright for the drab surroundings.

La Forge stepped up to the door, somewhat out of place with its drab surroundings, and it slid open automatically.

In these drab surroundings, the magazine cover radiates wealth, prosperity and a peach-coloured happiness.

The bright crimson of the bird was a brilliant touch of color in the drab surroundings, but Ben Cowan had reason to be wary.

The notice stood out from its drab surroundings like a neon sign.

Rolling over slowly, he scanned his clean but drab surroundings.

A city within a city, Chinatown was a splash of Oriental splendor centered within drab surroundings.

But still, they served to give a little color to the otherwise drab and gray surroundings.