She wandered through the drear moor, feeling the hush of a world forgotten.

A peculiar drear settled over the moor, muffling even the cries of distant birds.

His drearing weighed on him like a leaden cloak.

After hours of staring at the gray landscape, she was overcome by a deep drearness that refused to lift.

After the funeral, he felt surrounded by drears that stole the sunlight from the room.

As the day wore on, the forest grew drearer and the path more difficult to follow.

On that drearest of nights, the town seemed to hold its breath.