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- noun Plural form of
banality .
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Examples
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He hated what he called banalities, so she cut right to the chase.
SERPENT CLIVE CUSSLER 2000
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He hated what he called banalities, so she cut right to the chase.
SERPENT CLIVE CUSSLER 2000
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At Wednesday's meeting of the Young Guards, the red-haired 28-year-old Chapman was in beauty pageant mode, even mouthing the kind of banalities usually saved for such occasions.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2010
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What stands in our way is the oft-characterized banalities with which we live.
Rodney L. Taylor, Ph.D.: New Year's Resolution: A Confucian View Ph.D. Rodney L. Taylor 2011
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A recurring theme for Neocons like Krauhammer is the need, for the lack of a better term, to create an "American God" that will somehow give the banalities and absurdities of our increasingly arbitrary way of life "meaning."
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The perfect antidote to Schultz's uninformed banalities about Arbus's pictures is Errol Morris's detailed explorations of photography's connection to the real world.
Michael Roth: Thinking Photography With Diane Arbus and Errol Morris Michael Roth 2011
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John and Ken care little for such banalities and instead go for the throat on a daily basis.
Jorge-Mario Cabrera: Dogs Bark Because We Gallop Jorge-Mario Cabrera 2011
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What stands in our way is the oft-characterized banalities with which we live.
Rodney L. Taylor, Ph.D.: New Year's Resolution: A Confucian View Ph.D. Rodney L. Taylor 2011
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The adults respond to his “madness” with fixed smiles and banalities meant to calm him down.
Lance Mannion: 2009
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If he continues to utter hopeful banalities devoid of concrete meaning, the fragile reform coalition will collapse within days, with consequences that will endure for decades. again – why are people on this blog whipping furiously for this – hell, you even convinced ME!
Louises commented on the word banalities
This is another purpose of civilisation, so that we can exchange love-packed banalities over the phone. From "The Last Werewolf" by Glen Duncan.
March 18, 2012