banality

Example Sentences

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And hence misfired plays like this one, in which collaboration among gifted artists results only in a work of logorrheic banality.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 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

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

From BBC • Jan. 14, 2026

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

From Salon • Dec. 8, 2024

Lydia felt actual physical revulsion at the banality of Dahlia’s problems in the great scope of things.

From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner