banality
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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
Pregnant also sums up the mood of the novel, which cultivates an atmosphere of ominous banality.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 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
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
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The Namesake
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