cheap and commonplace
Example Sentences
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A similar remark may be made as to his moralizing, which was apt to be cheap and commonplace.
From James Fenimore Cooper American Men of Letters by Lounsbury, Thomas Raynesford
The enormous prices obtainable for live black foxes, male or female, make diamonds and rubies seem cheap and commonplace; and it is no wonder that enterprising men are tempted to enter that industry.
From Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation by Hornaday, William Temple
Hugh Breckenridge gave the obviously cheap and commonplace little article one careless glance, and handed it to Miss Forrest.
From The Brown Study by Richmond, Grace S. (Grace Smith)
All he did seemed cheap and commonplace, mere pointless lines and stiff wooden masses.
From The "Genius" by Dreiser, Theodore
The now and the here seem cheap and commonplace.
From The Last Harvest by Burroughs, John
