Her insistence on floral aprons and sensible shoes was dowdifying the once-trendy kitchen.

She was determined to combat the dowdiness of her wardrobe by shopping for brighter, well-fitting clothes.

That old coat dowdifies the outfit whenever she wears it.

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

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

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

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

Her wardrobe had been dowdified by years of ill-fitting, outdated pieces.

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

Even the dowdies at the reunion smiled when they heard the old joke.