commonplaceness
Example Sentences
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His Army and Navy girls are better, because they are redeemed from commonplaceness by their patriotism.
From The Life of Bret Harte With Some Account of the California Pioneers by Merwin, Henry Childs
"I think—you made a mistake," he began it with commonplaceness, but his gesture softened the words.
From The Sentimental Adventures of Jimmy Bulstrode by Vorst, Marie Van
The American mind has been accused of ignorance, superficiality, levity, commonplaceness, and dozens of other defects, but "dulness" is not one of them.
From The American Mind The E. T. Earl Lectures by Perry, Bliss
One who has never seen Rome is thus led to imagine that those of his country-people who have lived here for years have become in a manner purged of all natural commonplaceness.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 26, July 1880. by Various
Over vast sections of our prosperous and intelligent people of the Mississippi Basin to-day the very genius of commonplaceness seems to hover.
From The American Mind The E. T. Earl Lectures by Perry, Bliss
