banality
Example Sentences
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And hence misfired plays like this one, in which collaboration among gifted artists results only in a work of logorrheic banality.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026
“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
Everett speaks like a woman who recognizes the banality of the alternative.
From Salon • Dec. 8, 2024
Like the social media that’s potentially inspired it, male cosmetic procedures are accessible, acceptable, and possibly moving toward banality.
From Slate • Sep. 21, 2024
Daylight, and the banality of family small talk, would dispel whatever impact she had made as a ghostly illuminated apparition.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
Vocabulary lists containing banality
The Namesake
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