banality
Example Sentences
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“What interests me are everyman aspects of him. The banality of his evil and the way that evil actions seem to always rise out of fear and insecurity.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2026
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
Lydia felt actual physical revulsion at the banality of Dahlia’s problems in the great scope of things.
From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner
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The Namesake
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