garden-variety

Example Sentences

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But his talk-show persona, like that of the forever boyish Jimmy Fallon, did not rest on his comic and musical talents, but on how he exploits them to seem like a garden-variety sweetheart.

From New York Times

His comments — although he admits inappropriate — were mostly garden-variety political fare.

From Los Angeles Times

But he's not just a common, garden-variety election denier; he was allegedly personally involved in a voting system breach.

From Salon

In “Nothing Compares,” director Kathryn Ferguson invites viewers to consider the Irish singer Sinéad O’Connor, not as a train wreck in need of saving but as a breathtakingly courageous avatar, an artist-activist who came to both identities honestly, by way of sensitivity and supernatural vocal range as well as deep wells of empathy and garden-variety chutzpah.

From Washington Post

Did it still count as misgendering when the man in question was cisgender, or was it garden-variety heterosexism?

From Slate