ordinariness

Example Sentences

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People from West Asia are so often shown through images of violence, Korkejian says, that their joy, style and ordinariness can disappear from view.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 29, 2026

The last gets better mileage than the running gag about his ordinariness, which is still being used in the closing minutes of the film.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

In their ordinariness, some photos I’ve seen of those deported immigrant families remind me of my own family.

From Salon • May 25, 2025

Some defence lawyers have seen in their ordinariness a valuable line of defence.

From BBC • Dec. 11, 2024

We have some sense of ordinariness, and it tends to diminish our surprise.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas