commonplaceness

Example Sentences

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The difference between a "live" person and a "dead" one can be summarized by a great many instances about us, and because of their commonplaceness, we do not observe them.

From Tyranny of God by Lewis, Joseph

But the most curious thing, after all, is the want of delight in any of the principal figures, and the comparative meanness and commonplaceness of even the folds of the drapery.

From The Stones of Venice, Volume III (of 3) by Ruskin, John

Wholesome Ella Jasper met the caller at the door with an inward cordiality entirely out of proportion to even a close friend of the family, but her greeting was commonplaceness itself.

From Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford by Chester, George Randolph

The American mind has been accused of ignorance, superficiality, levity, commonplaceness, and dozens of other defects, but "dulness" is not one of them.

From The American Mind The E. T. Earl Lectures by Perry, Bliss

Over vast sections of our prosperous and intelligent people of the Mississippi Basin to-day the very genius of commonplaceness seems to hover.

From The American Mind The E. T. Earl Lectures by Perry, Bliss