commonplaceness

Example Sentences

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I understand what fierce parental pride is at the bottom of many a father’s or mother’s blindness to faults and commonplaceness.

From The Unpopular Review, Number 19 July-December 1918 by Various

But Gerry recognized her own commonplaceness and understood that unconsciously Mrs. Burton was not altogether fair.

From The Camp Fire Girls Behind the Lines by Vandercook, Margaret O'Bannon Womack

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

But the most curious thing, after all, is the want of delight in any of the principal figures, and the comparative meanness and commonplaceness of even the folds of the drapery.

From The Stones of Venice, Volume III (of 3) by Ruskin, John

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 Williamson, A. M. (Alice Muriel)