commonplaceness
Example Sentences
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Afterward, when I heard Maida Odell's story, I knew what strange surroundings she had given herself in the rich commonplaceness of that old home which had been hers since childhood.
From Lord John in New York by A. M. (Alice Muriel) Williamson
Wholesome Ella Jasper met the caller at the door with an inward cordiality entirely out of proportion to even a close friend of the family, but her greeting was commonplaceness itself.
From Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford by George Randolph Chester
His features were ordinary; and Jacqueline, not being a physiognomist, did not take in the piercing expression, the firmness and intelligence that redeemed them from commonplaceness.
From Throckmorton by Molly Elliot Seawell
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
The difference between a "live" person and a "dead" one can be summarized by a great many instances about us, and because of their commonplaceness, we do not observe them.
From Tyranny of God by Joseph Lewis
