patness

Example Sentences

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But Mukherjee’s primary bulwark against patness is a piece of formal daring.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 14, 2016

Benjamin Black makes pointed asides about the dullness of Agatha Christie, and about the patness of mystery stories that resolve their loose ends too tidily.

From New York Times • Aug. 13, 2012

There was the patness — too obvious to be accidental — of their final exchange, when Will said, “No fuss, no muss,” and Alicia said, “That’s me.”

From New York Times • Oct. 17, 2011

Democrats jumped up and down with Republicans, transported at the patness of it.

From Time Magazine Archive

The ghastly patness of this unnerved him, but Persis came to the rescue with, "Toasts are out of date."

From What Will People Say? A novel by Hughes, Rupert