run-of-the-mill

Example Sentences

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During my first watch, I thought this would be a run-of-the-mill, substandard thriller: Establish the characters, ramp up the obsession, throw a little violence in.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026

But USC isn’t a run-of-the-mill ninth seed, either.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2026

Thanks to Mr. Bookbinder, the fiction that these are run-of-the-mill state-law cases has been exposed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 28, 2025

Catherine Corless thought it would be a “simple, run-of-the-mill kind of thing” when she began a local history course in 2005.

From BBC • Jul. 12, 2025

Normal run-of-the-mill people like me—except for a few discreet tics, sure, who doesn’t have something?—are the exception.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson