banality
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The habit of saying “I love you” with the same ease and banality as “can I have a napkin” is gone.
From Salon ● Aug. 27, 2026
“The banality is what makes it scary,” said producer James Wan, best known for the “Insidious” and “Conjuring” franchises.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 2026
On a never-ending feed we watch the cute and profane, sleepwalking toward an emotional state beyond shock as entertainment: the banality of passive consumption.
From Slate ● May 12, 2026
“What interests me are everyman aspects of him. The banality of his evil and the way that evil actions seem to always rise out of fear and insecurity.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2026
Daylight, and the banality of family small talk, would dispel whatever impact she had made as a ghostly illuminated apparition.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
Acquaintances can drift through conversational banalities or choose to engage in meatier, more satisfying subjects.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
When it smoothly moves between the two, it feels like a singular commentary on life’s deceptive banalities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2026
The oral histories chronicle Mr. Obama’s journey from an uninformed candidate embarrassed by the banalities he found himself spouting on the campaign trail to a besieged president gambling his political future on all-or-nothing legislative brinkmanship.
From New York Times ● Mar. 22, 2024
One can always expect a coward to utter clichés and reinforce conventional banalities.
From Salon ● Feb. 3, 2024
Ashish shrugged, like he couldn’t be bothered with such banalities as figuring out where Dimple’s roommate was.
From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon
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