banal
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More than a few of the quotes featured in “Since You’re Mortal . . . ” are crushingly banal.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
Working with screenwriter Will Soodik, Parsons has gone back into that banal maze to find an uncannily mature story about loss and stagnation, about how our self-serving narratives barricade us from emotional growth.
From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026
There’s something covertly chilling about taking some relatively banal aspect of real life and pushing it to its most extreme lengths — and there’s also so much that could go wrong trying.
From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026
Golaszewski explains it's not intentional and he's showing that "the truth of grief is that it is banal".
From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026
There was something vacuous and stupid about it, flapping out there in the middle of nowhere, something empty, banal, brutish.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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