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

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

From Salon • May 25, 2025

One element of Jon Gries, which makes his acting and his character, is his physical ordinariness.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2025

The staggering design ambition balances out the plot’s affecting, relatable ordinariness, which kicks in a couple of decades after the Lumens settle in and open a store that ignites a thriving fire community.

From New York Times • Jun. 15, 2023

There’s no need to invoke any special parapsychological abilities; the ordinariness of apparently predictive dreams does not need any ex plaining.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos