I look out the window at the dreary afternoon and think about my own tender spots.

What a consternation of soul was mine that dreary afternoon!

The weather had turned cloudy, and they rode through the tag-end of a dreary afternoon.

But he stood at his father's grave on a cool, wet, dreary afternoon as members of the Forbes clan said farewells to their chieftain.

But the opportunity did not present itself, and they pulled into Dawson one dreary afternoon with the great fight still to come.

It was a wet, dreary afternoon and the clock had just rang half past one.

Voila, a dreary afternoon became a frolic in the rain.

When his team beat Boston College, 20-10, on this chilly, dreary and damp afternoon, it was no surprise.

Lunchtime had come and gone and the dreary afternoon was well advanced by the time I completed my initial exploration of the third floor.

It was all part of the punishment, of course; as was the interview he'd been summoned to this dreary afternoon.