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banality
[ buh-nal-i-tee, bey- ]
noun
- the condition or quality of being banal, or devoid of freshness or originality:
the banality of everyday life.
- an instance of this:
We sat around the dinner table exchanging banalities.
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of banality1
Example Sentences
A sweet moron, but a moron nonetheless, which is evident as soon as Pattinson starts squeaking banalities in a nasal gasp that sounds as though he’s never gotten enough oxygen to his brain.
Just as Allfrey’s photographs were “crowded with lifetimes,†so is Russell’s novel, a work suffused with the “mystery of kindness†and the banality of violence.
Everett speaks like a woman who recognizes the banality of the alternative.
Despite their separation, this slight, softly-spoken woman has frequently attended the trial and said it had exposed the “banality†of abuse.
In Jeremy Saulnier’s “Rebel Ridge,†a “Ramboâ€-inspired riff on racial profiling and the insidious banality of evil baked into American policing, the filmmaker demonstrates his mastery of the taut action thriller.
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