The long story had many banal ideas in it, so it lost the interest of its readers. From LearnThat.org.
Thanks for sending your story for inclusion in banal probe. From Wordnik.com. [Dru Blood - I believe in the inherent goodness of all beings: July, 1998] Reference
Oh, good the return of another band specializing in banal pop music. From Wordnik.com. [Bonnaroo: The Police — Vital and Experimental - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference
Most interactions in the old Soviet Union were very banal from the '50's on. From Wordnik.com. [Balkinization] Reference
I thought that story was/is so incredibly beautiful, that I would like to put it in banal probe. From Wordnik.com. [Dru Blood - I believe in the inherent goodness of all beings: July, 1998] Reference
"generals" had been dumbfounded by the disclosures, which he described as banal and in bad taste. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Used to be called banal, pandering, talk, but I think parsed to the LCD sounds much better. From Wordnik.com. [BlueOregon] Reference
All these assertions merely recall the banal law that a phenomenon is simply the consequence of previous phenomena. From Wordnik.com. [The Psychology of Revolution] Reference
The plot was kind of banal, but I enjoyed most of the action. From Wordnik.com. [Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Open Writing Forum] Reference
I usually use 'banal' pejoratively, both in terms of style and content. From Wordnik.com. [On Obama's victory style] Reference
As I read the word "banal," I knew that Freud's theory of anality was coming up. From Wordnik.com. [Mark Twain's Reputation] Reference
Others see it as the epitome of banal, meaningless posts and self-promotion run amok. From Wordnik.com. [Soren Gordhamer: Twitter: Revolutionizing Information or High School All Over Again?] Reference
I am not suggesting that all Christians subscribe to this kind of banal, market-driven theology. From Wordnik.com. [Clay Farris Naff: Open Your God Account Now, and Get a Free Gift!] Reference
In this sense, we are back to the same kind of banal journalism during the run-up to the war in Iraq. From Wordnik.com. [Shaun Jacob Halper: Bombing Iran and the Banality of Journalism] Reference
It's meant to be haunted by a boy who killed himself but you can probably do without that kind of banal symbolism. From Wordnik.com. [Imperial Bedrooms by Bret Easton Ellis] Reference
Sila ay maaaring imbestigahan ang bilang Phi, ang "banal" proporsyon, at subukan na ipaliwanag ang kanyang hiwaga. From Wordnik.com. [ideonexus.com »2005» Abril] Reference
As a result, holding people for 48 hours without bringing formal charges has become "banal," the council complained. From Wordnik.com. [France's high court orders police to advise suspects of their rights upon arrest] Reference
This post is just lovely - and the thing about so many things that are "banal" is that they're common because they're true. From Wordnik.com. [Another View of Distance...] Reference
Apparently, even more befuddling than the definition of banal is its pronunciation. http://dictionary. reference.com/browse/banal. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Critique of Pure Yglesias] Reference
Her characterization of these actions, so obscene in their nature and consequences, as 'banal' is not meant to position them as workaday. From Wordnik.com. [03/30/2006] Reference
Here had I been about to do the most 'banal' thing of all. From Wordnik.com. [Prose Fancies] Reference
Discussion of the pronunciation of 'banal' warrants a link to. From Wordnik.com. [Popular Posts Across MetaFilter] Reference
The humdrum clutter of an administrator's desk, with so much banal, meaningless paperwork. From Wordnik.com. [Digital Poetics] Reference
The new anthem was criticised as being 'banal' when an early draft was revealed last month. From Wordnik.com. [Home | Mail Online] Reference
Rarely has evil been at once so blatant and banal. From Wordnik.com. [Shadowland: The Iraqi Horror Picture Show] Reference
Bonus points for supremely creative use of banal office supplies. From Wordnik.com. [This Doesn't Ad Up] Reference
McKinny's banal dialogue dilutes Fuhrman's gritty tales of a cop's life. From Wordnik.com. [Heard The Tapes? Skip The Script.] Reference
Her home page includes 14,650 links to information esoteric and banal (chart). From Wordnik.com. [Roots Network] Reference
BROWN: One doesn't have to be banal to be consistent, or to be understandable. From Wordnik.com. ['Is This A Bunch Of Lollipops?'] Reference
But the sobering thing about Price's book is how banal most of her memories are. From Wordnik.com. [Unable to Forget] Reference
Instead of a unique character, we are witnessing the birth of another banal and ugly city. From Wordnik.com. [Mail Call: Memories Of 9-11] Reference
The 1988 presidential campaign was the most boring, mean-spirited and banal of recent memory. From Wordnik.com. [They Stooped To Conquer] Reference
In fact, the decision was made on the U.K. side of the pond, and for some pretty banal reasons. From Wordnik.com. [Royals: Curse Of The Visit] Reference
Koons's art looks the way Bush's pronouncements frequently sound: amiably banal at first glance. From Wordnik.com. [Jeff Koons’s ‘Hanging Heart’] Reference
But mothers, too, commit "filicide" for all kinds of motives dark and strange or sometimes banal. From Wordnik.com. [Motherhood And Murder] Reference
When I entered this industry, I was frustrated how banal the graphics of the game machines looked. From Wordnik.com. [Japan's Next Generation] Reference
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