banality
Example Sentences
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Once youth sports returned, I clung to the routine and banality that came with it.
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 25, 2025
The banality of her letter to Putin was itself a choice — and was completely on brand, for Melania Trump has always been just as opaque as her prose suggests.
From Salon • Aug. 19, 2025
Like the social media that’s potentially inspired it, male cosmetic procedures are accessible, acceptable, and possibly moving toward banality.
From Slate • Sep. 21, 2024
In Jeremy Saulnier’s “Rebel Ridge,” a “Rambo”-inspired riff on racial profiling and the insidious banality of evil baked into American policing, the filmmaker demonstrates his mastery of the taut action thriller.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 5, 2024
He does not talk about purity any more but of the necessity of using common cultural sign systems to reflect the iconic banality of our times.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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The Namesake
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