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Recent Examples of underwhelmThe value of that stake has soared in the past two years even though the team’s on-field performance has continued to underwhelm.—John Dobosz, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024 Rashford certainly wasn’t the only one to underwhelm with United’s central midfield unit particularly weak in and out of possession.—Graham Ruthven, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024 Unlike last season down the road with the Hoosiers in Bloomington, this NBA baptism has come in measured doses, intended not to overwhelm, but also with expectations of Ware not to underwhelm.—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 15 Nov. 2024 Apple underwhelms Kodak Digital photography is another example.—Will Daniel, Fortune, 9 July 2024 See All Example Sentences for underwhelm
Breaking up the wearying journey, devotees gather for outbreaks of extravagant revelry – ground-shaking music and dancing fueled by devotion, ganja and alcohol, as befits in their eyes Shiva, the Hindu god of destruction and renewal, to whom the festival is dedicated.
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Aishwarya S. Iyer,
CNN Money,
25 July 2025
Indeed, its scale and sprawl feel sensitively suited to a story expressly about the wearying duration and day-by-day pace of the recovery process, as well as a pointed rejoinder to industry conventions regarding which stories generally get to take up this much space.
But three weeks into their stay — Spain arrived in New Zealand well in advance of its first game, hoping to draw the sting from the jet lag — the place had started to pall.
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Rory Smith,
New York Times,
3 Aug. 2023
But after a time, the combination of abrasive, impenetrably shellacked characters and deliberately, hopelessly tangled shaggy-dog storytelling begins to pall, and viewers may wish for a simpler way in.
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