blandly
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Considering Haru’s guilt for “betraying” Luis — after his death, he repeatedly appears as a mournful ghost in a bird costume — these numbers should be piercingly emotional, not blandly adorable.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 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
But Mr. Styles’s voice, while expressive in certain contexts, is incapable of conveying hedonism, and “Aperture” ends up feeling blandly uplifting rather than transcendent.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 10, 2026
You might never guess someone so blandly reassuring is participating in such monumental damage.
From Salon ● Sep. 10, 2025
“The typical black bear-inflicted injury,” he writes blandly, “is minor and usually involves only a few scratches or light bites.”
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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