prosaic
Example Sentences
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Interlaced with the prosaic reflections are a series of fables involving inhabitants from the present and past.
China is focused on something more prosaic: making better washing machines.
By contrast, the alleged motive for Airman Teixeira was more prosaic and Gen-Z: He was trying to impress his virtual friends in a gamer chatroom on the popular Discord social media app.
From Washington Times
As a dramaturgical device, it’s more prosaic than piquant, yet not entirely off brand for a woman whose mind was a perpetual motion machine.
From New York Times
The income of a commercial painter didn’t allow him to keep pace with the skyrocketing cost of fine wines, and his early exposure to them ruined more affordable prosaic options.
From Washington Post
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