Despite her talent, she often chose dowdy outfits that hid her personality.

Halfway through baking, dowdy the tart gently so the crust presses into the filling and the juices caramelize on top.

They teased him as a dowdy, but his confidence grew as he embraced his own style.

He decided to dowdify the room by replacing the modern art with faded curtains and old-fashioned lamps.

At the village fair she proudly sold slices of figgy-dowdy wrapped in tart paper, the spicy aroma drawing a small crowd.

At the charity shop, she found the dowdiest dress but loved its history.

In the photograph, my grandmother's dress looked dowdier than I remembered.

Her wardrobe had been dowdified by years of ill-fitting, outdated pieces.

She felt dowdified after switching her bright wardrobe for conservative coats.

She dressed dowdily for the gallery opening, but her insightful comments quickly drew a crowd.