banal

Example Sentences

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Golaszewski explains it's not intentional and he's showing that "the truth of grief is that it is banal".

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026

The short video posts on platforms like TikTok show how even just the words "Tokyo, Japan" with a cherry blossom emoji can make an otherwise banal street scene more appealing for some users.

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026

To these students, who perceive A.I.’s banal flatness as a hallmark of good style, my new essays are not acceptable.

From Slate • Mar. 20, 2026

“What had been incredibly futuristic and achingly modern just moments ago,” he writes, “had transitioned to something almost banal within the space of a single ride.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 30, 2025

It lasted forever, like some weepy and endless made-for-TV movie—all the clinging, all the complaints, all the parking-lot confessions of “inadequacy” and “poor self-image,” all those banal sorrows.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt