commonplaceness
Example Sentences
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I was not disposed to beat about the bush, and the commonplaceness of their talk irritated me.
From Neighbours by Robert J. C. Stead
In similar fashion, Alençon as a town has its commonplaceness condoned by reason of the beauty of its lace, a beauty which is constantly thrust upon your attention by its inhabitants.
From Stained Glass Tours in France by Charles Hitchcock Sherrill
Behind his utter commonplaceness there was the soul of Romeo, the passion of self-sacrifice that goes with great lovers.
From The Rustle of Silk by Cosmo Hamilton
The Paston Letters are simply genuine family correspondence—of a genuineness all the more certain because of their commonplaceness.
From A Letter Book Selected with an Introduction on the History and Art of Letter-Writing by George Saintsbury
Diamond threw into his manner a certain determined commonplaceness, as though to quench any tendency to excitement or exaltation which might show itself in the preacher.
From A Charming Fellow, Volume I (of 3) by Frances Eleanor Trollope
