It was a stronger performance than that dull final time suggests.
A long, dull time would follow, she thought.
"If he disembarks, he'll have a long, dull time of it."
"Would I be wrong in guessing you've not had a dull time of it this past little while?"
They were kind, and concerned that she was having such a dull time of it.
It is a dull time to live through, and duller still to read about.
"I don't want to be part of something you continue with because you're having a dull time, and there's no other adequate diversion."
Nobody shied a rock at him, as a guard would almost certainly have done to keep off dull times.
"We try to make people laugh a little at this rather dull time of the year, and remind them that we're here."
Since he was not interested in exploring the favors of the local French girls, it was a dull time.