During the discussion, someone asked what a drab was, and the moderator gently explained that the term is slang for a transgender or non-binary person presenting as the gender corresponding to their sex assigned at birth and that using it can be hurtful.

After the weekend market, all I had left was a drab, not nearly enough for dinner.

She wore a drab coat to the harvest festival so she wouldn't stand out among the fields.

After skimming the pans, the saltworkers loaded the drab with the coarse salt and carried it to the sun-drying racks.

She covered the rustic armchair with a coarse drab to hide the torn upholstery.

At night he would drab along the quay, ignoring his family's pleas.

Nobody wanted to sit near the drab who had tracked mud into the parlor.

The overcast sky was drabbing the seaside town, washing its cheerful colors into a monotonous gray.

The decorator drabbed the once-vibrant room with gray curtains and beige furniture.

The drabnesses of the abandoned town were briefly shattered by a burst of colorful graffiti.