| The warm practical clothes of winter whose sole functions were to provide warmth and comfort are shed as their weight and dowdiness becomes unbearable. |
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| They know nothing of the authentic scent of dust and dowdiness. |
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| Anxious to upgrade your e-meter to something that doesn't scream early noughties dowdiness? |
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| The Bridgwater end is probably the least attractive, showing more than its fair share of the graffiti, discarded trash and general dowdiness of a run-down town. |
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| Instead, she has become known for dowdiness and cardigans, and is still in the show two decades later. |
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| The brilliance of Birmingham city centre simply serves to amplify the sheer dowdiness of other parts of the city. |
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| In the white light of the studio the sullen mustard wool, the psychotic stitching, the brutal dowdiness snarled at the world. |
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| Even Ms Merkel's dowdiness has been swept away by a slick makeover. |
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| There's a common misconception that being bookish implies a certain level of dowdiness, that it's impossible to care about literature as well as fashion. |
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| In fact, there is an air of sniffy dowdiness to the little Kia. |
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