How to Use undramatic in a Sentence
undramatic
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Two others, dressed somewhat like speed skaters, move in slow and undramatic unison.
—The New York Times, New York Times, 6 Dec. 2017
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In a few words True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic.
—John Biggs, National Geographic, 29 June 2020
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Donald described this event in an undramatic and routine manner.
—Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 29 June 2020
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Known for its delicate texture and undramatic look, this pie exudes old-school Southern class and charm.
—Micah A Leal, Southern Living, 10 Aug. 2023
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My parents, whose reaction to my transition has been blessedly undramatic and kind, have expressed some guilt around this.
—Benny Peterson, Vogue, 4 May 2026
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There is no patience for the undramatic, efficient, spiraling ascent of progress.
—Thomas Chatterton Williams, Harper's Magazine, 20 July 2021
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Grandma and Pa were the stable, loving, undramatic and solid figures in Frankel’s life.
—Washington Post, 9 Jan. 2020
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Fukuyama looked to the future a little mournfully, seeing a gray, undramatic expanse—a tableau for technocrats.
—William MacAskill, Foreign Affairs, 11 Aug. 2022
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And for most people — and all children — the entirety of the day itself is boring, unremarkable and undramatic.
—Alex Ross Perry, Vulture, 27 Nov. 2025
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But timely hits off McGee, coupled with the errors, opened the floodgates to an undramatic Boston win.
—Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 27 Aug. 2019
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For nearly three decades, the state has been slowly nudging out coal and oil and cobbling together enough climate-friendly energy to make steady but undramatic gains.
—Sabrina Shankman, BostonGlobe.com, 13 May 2023
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If his family life was grounded and undramatic, his imaginative life was something like the opposite.
—Thomas Chatterton Williams, The Atlantic, 9 Feb. 2024
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Brexit, in this reading, contradicts an old perception of Britain as a pragmatic, undramatic sort of place.
—The Economist, 26 Sep. 2019
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The season ended in undramatic fashion on Sunday, and now all eyes turn to the NBA draft lottery.
—Omari Sankofa Ii, Detroit Free Press, 17 May 2021
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These are moments of high drama that require real detective work, while most of the story that Leader has to tell is outwardly undramatic.
—Adam Kirsch, WSJ, 8 Nov. 2018
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But short of rewriting the script, the show cannot escape the burdens this play imposes – suffering without meaning, ridicule for the sake of ridicule, and undramatic poetry.
—Hugh Hunter, Philly.com, 31 July 2017
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Nentwig gives the impression of being a methodical and undramatic scholar, the type who never misses a deadline.
—Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 19 July 2021
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Despite the undramatic scenes, Jin’s arrival at the base was greeted by hundreds of media and fans, sufficient that authorities set up their own camp to handle the crowds.
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 13 Dec. 2022
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What makes Crater very different, and probably less audience-friendly, is its neutral, undramatic approach to the story.
—Deborah Young, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Nov. 2017
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Sittenfeld even draws us into the deskbound process of writing and editing a script — activities that seem inherently undramatic but become, in her telling, the stuff of great excitement.
—Ron Charles, Washington Post, 28 Mar. 2023
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Finn Little, who plays Connor, her young charge, is similarly intense but undramatic, his tears frequently making little rivulets down his muddy face.
—Jo Livingstone, The New Republic, 21 May 2021
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The business now at hand is undramatic, practical, and of scientific definiteness and precision.
—Erick Trickey, Smithsonian, 10 Apr. 2017
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Then, this ‘other’ turkey made an equally ceremonious but undramatic presentation to the table.
—Emily Heil, Washington Post, 16 Nov. 2022
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The illusion of glittering success was shattered last week by an undramatic regulatory filing across the border in Singapore.
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 6 Apr. 2023
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Old fashioned, undramatic, stable governance from a longtime liberal Democrat.
—Peggy Noonan, WSJ, 30 Sep. 2021
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The race officials followed standard procedure, unlike in Abu Dhabi, and the Grand Prix finished in an orderly, undramatic fashion.
—Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2022
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With a choir and orchestra arranged by Axel Stordahl, the strings swell to heart-leaping proportions, while Sinatra keeps things sedate and sanguine with an undramatic vocal, which drips with a warm camaraderie.
—Emma Madden, Vulture, 23 Dec. 2024
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Artificiality is what makes reality television enjoyable, even though these same shows, if advertised as fiction, would appear banal, repetitive and undramatic.
—Adam Kirsch, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2017
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The agency’s work is bureaucratic, technical, and undramatic—the institutional opposite of masked agents making violent arrests on the streets of American cities.
—Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 17 Feb. 2026
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Edward Muska, 25, was part of the group that spent nearly 36 relatively undramatic hours inside — playing cards, watching movies, drinking beer — while Irma howled and rattled outside.
—David Ovalle and David Goodhue, miamiherald, 10 Sep. 2017
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