banality

Example Sentences

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Through simplicity comes banality, a consideration rich with possibility in playwriting but much more difficult in opera.

From New York Times

That banality, by the way, included a sustained violence that's intrinsically part of the modern border system, as geographer Reece Jones argues in his book Violent Borders: Refugees and the Right to Move.

From Salon

"The reason for the proliferating theories and versions, supported by the notorious 'confidential' data of the local intelligence community, is simple to the point of banality."

From Reuters

It’s very much about the banality of evil, an apt if overused term that Hannah Arendt coined while writing about the trial of Adolf Eichmann, one of Höss’ bosses.

From Los Angeles Times

Britain's BBC broadcaster and the Telegraph newspaper both gave the film perfect scores, with Telegraph calling the film "horrifying in its banality."

From Reuters