banality

Example Sentences

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The real author describes it as a combination of plagiarism and banality.

From BBC • Jan. 14, 2026

Pregnant also sums up the mood of the novel, which cultivates an atmosphere of ominous banality.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

Or, was "SNL" presenting queerness with the same banality as we’ve come to see straightness, albeit with the use of a somewhat dehumanizing pun?

From Salon • Feb. 17, 2025

And so we’re back to the whole lesson that we never seem to learn about how the banality of evil is real.

From Slate • Nov. 18, 2024

He is unaccustomed to the banality of domestic flights, the narrow cabin, the single bag he’s packed, small enough to stow overhead.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri