inanity

Example Sentences

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All this inanity takes place over the course of a handful of days, during which no one ever seems to change clothes.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026

The weirdest thing about Oldham’s terrible opinions is that their half-baked inanity does not seem to reflect his true intellect.

From Slate • Jul. 10, 2025

I’ll admit I still did, at least for some of this swaggering inanity.

From New York Times • Sep. 21, 2023

What makes me grumpy these days is less the market than the hokum and inanity that would-be experts are using to calm investors right now.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 16, 2022

Although neophyte writers may repeat a simple sentence structure to the point of inanity, most writers go to the opposite extreme and vary their syntax capriciously.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker