bland
Example Sentences
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Given the choice, I’d prefer to see a truly terrible movie over one that’s merely bland and mediocre.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
Bob Dylan’s Instagram account used to feature the type of bland, standard content you’d expect from a legacy artist: “On this date” historical posts, tour announcements, box set advertisements.
From Salon • May 12, 2026
I found Ternus polite, friendly, and everything he told me was perfectly delivered, if a bit bland.
From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026
The meetings typically take place in a bland but functional meeting room at the union headquarters building in Koreatown.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026
I saw the delicate, pink-mottled claw meat poking seductively through its blanket of mayonnaise and the bland yellow pear cup with its rim of alligator-green cradling the whole mess.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
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"Mother Tongue" by Amy Tan
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