You can go through your whole life telling yourself that life is logical, life is prosaic, life is sane. From LearnThat.org. [Stephen King]
The greatest things that the world has seen have been wrought out under the eyes of us, plain prosaic men that we are. From Wordnik.com. [Imperial Plans in Education] Reference
My most cordial thanks therefore for the gift which you call prosaic, and my best regards to your husband. From Wordnik.com. [Letters]
Even in prosaic settings "aggressiveness can be beneficial if it helps you pound the table and say, 'I want justice!". From Wordnik.com. [How We Become What We Are] Reference
Still other manufacturers wrap their cars in prosaic disguises in an attempt to travel on public streets without tipping off the paparazzi. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing: March 30, 2003 - April 5, 2003 Archives] Reference
The fact is Irish fiction tends to be poetic rather than prosaic, which is something that non-Irish reviewers find hard to grasp. From Wordnik.com. [Irish Blogs] Reference
Apparently, my subconscious occasionally relaxes the standards for "prosaic". From Wordnik.com. [sirilyan Diary Entry] Reference
Even I winced when I wrote in the previous paragraph that Aelfric used "prosaic" language. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-02-01] Reference
Basketball itself seems kind of prosaic in comparison. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Brontë was a kind of prosaic, most demure and orthodox Shelley in the. From Wordnik.com. [Studies in Early Victorian Literature] Reference
Without neologisms, and avoiding the ambiguous adjective "prosaic," and using. From Wordnik.com. [Without Prejudice] Reference
Still, Obama supporters have been asked to swallow some painfully "prosaic" compromises. From Wordnik.com. [Energy Bulletin -] Reference
The plain facts of matrimony are carefully hidden from them, as either being too "prosaic" or too indelicate. From Wordnik.com. [Over the Fireside with Silent Friends] Reference
Keeping his serious composure but looking at ease, Andrew correctly spelled "prosaic" and the final word, "plausible.". From Wordnik.com. Reference
A northern people could ever find in art, pure and simple, it was not like the time that followed it, a "prosaic" age. From Wordnik.com. [English Literature: Modern Home University Library of Modern Knowledge] Reference
Today, unfortunately the statue has a more prosaic setting. From Wordnik.com. [Michael Henry Adams: Saluting the Met's Gay Gala!] Reference
What was once revolutionary can soon become prosaic and dull. From Wordnik.com. [David Shasha: Natalie Merchant and American Radical Traditionalism] Reference
Much more prosaic reasons may be to blame for the latest jitters. From Wordnik.com. [Irish Bond Drama Looks Overdone] Reference
CASH: It's a very prosaic realization that felt like an epiphany. From Wordnik.com. [Rosanne Cash: 'Black Cadillac'] Reference
Saddam may have also had another, more prosaic reason for attacking. From Wordnik.com. [Reading Saddam's Mind] Reference
A more prosaic reason is a shared fascination with political polling. From Wordnik.com. [See Dick Run The Country] Reference
He's a very practical, prosaic guy who gets angry about everyday things. From Wordnik.com. [Harvey Pekar Dies; Authored 'American Splendor'] Reference
Instead the debate, at its core, revolves around a more prosaic issue: money. From Wordnik.com. [The Military Fights Back] Reference
Other Schultz defenders claim to detect a more prosaic motive behind the American boycott. From Wordnik.com. [Tempest In A Coffee Cup] Reference
Written in a prosaic, colorless style, this doesn't sound the way we imagine Mrs. Kelley talked. From Wordnik.com. [Family Pride] Reference
Other times they are appealingly prosaic: reports of passing icebergs, jury-rigging a broken mast. From Wordnik.com. [Taste The Salt, Feel The Wind] Reference
The vice president was also thinking about nuclear war, though in a more prosaic and procedural way. From Wordnik.com. [The Day That Changed America] Reference
From the Me Generation of the '70s to the get-rich-quick' 80s, our culture became intensely prosaic. From Wordnik.com. [Poetry Is Dead. Does Anybody Really Care?] Reference
In return for the risks and heroics, we shouldn't reap anything so prosaic as perfect protein crystals. From Wordnik.com. [The Ultimate Thrill Ride] Reference
In announcing his candidacy, Livingston offered the prosaic promise of "" making the trains run on time. ''. From Wordnik.com. [At War Within The Ranks] Reference
Even on the last, rather prosaic itinerary, the lecture staff will include at least four eminent historians. From Wordnik.com. [Travel: A Floating Grad School] Reference
Writing became the prosaic equivalent of the interminable home videos our friends require us to sit through. From Wordnik.com. [Opening A New Chapter] Reference
Let's say you work for a bank in the more prosaic areas of consumer banking, corporate underwriting or trading. From Wordnik.com. [In Defense of Bankers] Reference
Compared with the regal funeral for Princess Diana the previous week, the last rites for Mother Teresa were prosaic. From Wordnik.com. [Requiem For A Saint] Reference
His people despaired of his suddenly growing a Vision Thing, or even producing a more prosaic to-do list for a second term. From Wordnik.com. [America Changes The Guard] Reference
But, with a secret smile, I will also remain grateful to Teddy for something more prosaic: he once helped me sell a lot of books. From Wordnik.com. [A Fearless Commitment] Reference
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