banality

Example Sentences

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Hayakawa is interested in the logistical mechanics of the Plan 75 operation up to a point, but what she wants to leave us with, more than anything, is a sense of its cruel banality.

From Los Angeles Times

This banality of celebrity, with its distinctive architecture — lackluster real life, set against rarefied online latticework — is what makes someone like Posobiec, at least in this current moment, inescapable.

From Salon

If all WBC players will return to banality, Ohtani could find himself returning to something even worse if the Angels do not transform into winners this season.

From Washington Post

Keough is able, for long stretches, to overcome the script’s banalities; she gets Daisy’s mix of swagger covering for uncertainty, and she gives her a prickly, genuine personality.

From New York Times

At around 250 pages, this isn’t a particularly long book, but it’s padded with such banalities.

From New York Times