jejune
Example Sentences
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And to feel jejune if we slip from that lofty, arid plane to delight in something here and now.
From Washington Post
The jejune romantic comedy “Wedding Season” marries elements from a couple of recent entries to the genre: “Plus One” and “7 Days.”
From New York Times
By the end of the novel, his paranoia from the park is almost jejune compared to what’s in store for him.
From Washington Post
A model of punctiliousness and a font of jejune humor, he is appalled by the clutter his predecessor left.
From New York Times
I have read only “Pride and Prejudice” and “Sense and Sensibility,” and it was a long time ago, and like Cohen in her jejune early reading of the novels, I didn’t properly appreciate them.
From Washington Post
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
