6 example sentences using dowdy.
Dowdy used in a sentence
Dowdy in a sentence as a noun
I hate it. It feels like a dowdy piece of abandonware.
I suppose in a land where Netflix can make its own movies, HBO is positively dowdy.
Pennys, was so un-hip it almost became hip, but it rightly so had a image of dowdy women wearing housecoats shopping on a Tuesday.
Dowdy in a sentence as an adjective
It may be because in an information society the entire concept of a national identity is dowdy and uncalled for.
Rooms were shared, walls were cinderblock, the student center consisted of a dowdy cafeteria, a punk rock radio station, rooms for concerts/lectures/films, and small stinky rooms for student-run clubs.
A 1960s or 1970s recording from the "dawn" of tapes, a crackly recording of a woman in a mental hospital speaking in a distant place in a foreign language is extremely evocative, a far better story than a study at a dowdy chemical research lab in a flyover town.
Dowdy definitions
British marshal of the RAF who commanded the British air defense forces that defeated the Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain (1882-1970)
deep-dish apple dessert covered with a rich crust
See also: pandowdy
lacking in smartness or taste; "a dowdy grey outfit"; "a clean and sunny but completely dowdy room"