banality

Example Sentences

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“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

The real author describes it as a combination of plagiarism and banality.

From BBC • Jan. 14, 2026

Pregnant also sums up the mood of the novel, which cultivates an atmosphere of ominous banality.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

Everett speaks like a woman who recognizes the banality of the alternative.

From Salon • Dec. 8, 2024

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