11. It was miserable, with intermittent dreariness . 12. The limousines may be far away, but so is the dreariness of constant defeat. 13. At least he provided several momentary diversions to the ongoing dreariness of this supposed comedy. 14. At this point they claimed that a feeling of oppression and dreariness came over them. 15. The moment was subtle enough, coming during the dreariness of one of those television timeouts. 16. Compaq is doing very well and IBM is bouncing back from a long period of dreariness , 17. My string of jobs had one common factor : a high DQ ( Dreariness Quotient ). 18. It's about how dreariness is funny-- but not ha-ha funny. 19. The visitor from California stepped out of his final pub and back into the dreariness of Woodside. 20. And then, pulling themselves into the dreariness and darkness beneath the Brazzaville pier, they are home.