ordinariness

Example Sentences

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The last gets better mileage than the running gag about his ordinariness, which is still being used in the closing minutes of the film.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

But it’s his comfortable ordinariness that allows him to make such a powerful connection with the audience.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 25, 2025

In their ordinariness, some photos I’ve seen of those deported immigrant families remind me of my own family.

From Salon • May 25, 2025

During a rehearsal for “Swim Like Me,” less than a week before previews, Valk asked Berryman to slow down the cadence of a monologue about the ordinariness of his name.

From New York Times • Jan. 12, 2024

We have some sense of ordinariness, and it tends to diminish our surprise.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas