blandly

Example Sentences

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“A person is standing on the porch and looking around,” it reported blandly but accurately.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

One of them is a title so generic, so blandly inoffensive yet simultaneously indicative of hope, resolve, or insider knowledge as to be, ultimately, unmemorable.

From Slate • Apr. 3, 2026

You might never guess someone so blandly reassuring is participating in such monumental damage.

From Salon • Sep. 10, 2025

Opera production she began blandly only to be awakened by the raw meaning of love, singing very prettily all the while.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2025

This was the time of hygiene lectures, and of practicing blanket-baths on life-size models—Mrs. Mackintosh, Lady Chase, and baby George whose blandly impaired physique allowed him to double as a baby girl.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan