His jejune response indicated that he had no interest in the subject. From LearnThat.org.
Instead of great drama, they opted for jejune presumptuousness. From Wordnik.com. [She's So 'Enlightened'] Reference
But these might grow jejune, nor is it safe to trust the tender mercies of a butcher. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 97, November, 1865] Reference
The jejune diets of the very poor. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : a jejune novel. ,jejune behavior. ,jejune attempts to design a house. ,a jejune diet. From Dictionary.com.
And Hazlitt's judgment on him, that he is "jejune" and. From Wordnik.com. [A History of Elizabethan Literature] Reference
Their common fault is to be comprehensively jejune. From Wordnik.com. [A Modern Utopia] Reference
Your 'Movie Dialogs' are jejune and silly, "dude". From Wordnik.com. [Swine Flu-- Normal or Malignant?] Reference
Blaming one regime over another is just jejune bullsh!. From Wordnik.com. [Obama's Bank Problem] Reference
Not to mention that it looks jejune, and not in a charming way. From Wordnik.com. [Lesley M. M. Blume: 10 Time-Hallowed, Recession-Proof Tips For Beautification] Reference
And at length I find myself compounding the following jejune lines. From Wordnik.com. [Through Russia] Reference
Some have called his conducting inspiring; others dismiss it as jejune. From Wordnik.com. [Can Christoph Eschenbach and the National Symphony Orchestra give each other a fresh start?] Reference
He had abandoned his jejune plans for invading France and scuttled away. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Siege]
The nastiness of "Your Friends and Neighbors" feels old, mechanical, jejune. From Wordnik.com. [They're All Doing The Nasty] Reference
Here the people are calm and phlegmatic; their speech is jejune, lacks color. From Wordnik.com. [The Simple Life] Reference
If they were they both are guilty of severely sophomoric and jejune judgment. From Wordnik.com. [GOP Senator Called Out On China-Cuba Oil Myth -- By Fox News] Reference
But the Internet-savvy 1990s were notable pretty much ONLY for jejune prosperity. From Wordnik.com. [Richard Laermer: Today's Question: How'd it All Get So Mediocre?] Reference
Or: "Be that as it may, my spiel manifested an edifying, if jejune, savoir faire.". From Wordnik.com. [Bad Memories, Hard Feelings] Reference
Then as to ABSOLUTE EXISTENCE; was there ever known a more jejune notion than that?. From Wordnik.com. [Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous] Reference
This is one of the most jejune articles and series of comments I have seen anywhere. From Wordnik.com. [The Extinction of Right Wing Neanderthals; The Rising of Bottom-up Intelligence] Reference
So I see you are all to willing to take up a jejune refrain when it fits YOUR agenda. From Wordnik.com. [Obama's Moment is Passing Quickly] Reference
From this point of view his early speeches in particular sound jejune or superfluous. From Wordnik.com. [William of Germany] Reference
I think you're really starting to change some minds with this jejune verbiage of yours. From Wordnik.com. [Choice Of Biden Signals Vigorous Debate With GOP On Foreign Policy, But There Are Risks] Reference
In this case, their response seems especially ungracious, and Stoller's approval of it is jejune. From Wordnik.com. [After the Fire] Reference
Still, I don't think there'd ever be anything as, well, jejune as Larry Johnson's "transcription.". From Wordnik.com. [Is Bogus Michelle Obama Rumor Based On A Work Of Fiction?] Reference
They were not fools, yet cleverness in their presence seemed jejune, and as if unrelated to reality. From Wordnik.com. [Swan Song] Reference
Greek as the bountiful source of material and of colour, decoration for the jejune lives of common men. From Wordnik.com. [Cambridge Essays on Education] Reference
How jejune this robot editer is ... sheeeeze! by William Whitten on Monday, Jan 19, 2009 at 11: 13: 19 PM. From Wordnik.com. [Barack Obama and Joe Biden: As we the people await the orderly transfer of power] Reference
"That is," Flandry drawled, "on the basis of my presence you assume I have more in mind than a jejune debate?". From Wordnik.com. [The Game Of Empire]
He felt a profound revulsion from his own nature, which was flawed with this sentimentalism, this jejune expectancy. From Wordnik.com. [Sacrifice] Reference
Yea, and Chrysippus too, though he does not so trifle, yet is very jejune, while he hunts after improbable etymologies. From Wordnik.com. [Essays and Miscellanies] Reference
At that moment they both had a similar jejune feeling of the repetition of old things and new things not fully connecting. From Wordnik.com. [Corpus of a Siam Mosquito] Reference
Until she knew him better, it might be wise to confine herself to sensible speech and forgo any further jejune attempts at witticism. From Wordnik.com. [Flinx's Folly]
He knew how jejune his life had been, — now devoid of other interests than that of the public service to which he had devoted himself. From Wordnik.com. [The Duke's Children] Reference
Had not jejune sojourns been made to the homes of their respective rural families where he had to eat with them as one of their members?. From Wordnik.com. [An Apostate: Nawin of Thais] Reference
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