run-of-the-mill

Example Sentences

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The emotional earnestness that would often come through in Reiner’s work first emerged here, making what could have been a run-of-the-mill exercise into something more.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2025

Thanks to Mr. Bookbinder, the fiction that these are run-of-the-mill state-law cases has been exposed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 28, 2025

"She was always up for a new challenge. Totally run-of-the-mill for Sarm to just be doing something bonkers," one of her friends Zan tells me.

From BBC • Sep. 13, 2025

Most of these films are tired, run-of-the-mill ocean thrillers that recycle the same beats of better movies that have come before.

From Salon • Jun. 8, 2025

Normal run-of-the-mill people like me—except for a few discreet tics, sure, who doesn’t have something?—are the exception.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson