I think staleness is a consequence of the writer’s boredom with what he/she is writing. From Wordnik.com. [Sandra Brown is Interviewed by Jonathan Maberry] Reference
But how does Google defines it against the "staleness" of the content?. From Wordnik.com. [Search Engine Journal] Reference
So few people can realise the terrible effect which "staleness" has upon certain minds. From Wordnik.com. [Over the Fireside with Silent Friends] Reference
Shanny's "staleness" over the last three years has no bearing on the predictably pedestrian prevent O that McDaniels fielded this year. From Wordnik.com. [Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local] Reference
"staleness" of the marks, or values, the firm had placed on many of its securities. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
Yes, okay, maybe there was a little staleness there. From Wordnik.com. [Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine]
I could smell the staleness of him even before he spoke. From Wordnik.com. [Excerpt from Pompeii ii] Reference
The air was cool after the fetid staleness of that room. From Wordnik.com. [O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921] Reference
(STANLEY PAUL) betrays absolutely no evidence of staleness. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, May 9, 1917] Reference
Kwel smell of staleness, of sourness, above all of coldness!. From Wordnik.com. [The Day of the Boomer Dukes] Reference
The scent brought him a feeling of staleness and deadly ennui. From Wordnik.com. [Burmese Days] Reference
The first is staleness of imagery; the other is lack of precision. From Wordnik.com. [Politics and the English Language] Reference
The oddest mixture of staleness and of freshness is to be found there. From Wordnik.com. [My Contemporaries In Fiction] Reference
Yet over the whole sorry, murderous show there hangs an air of staleness. From Wordnik.com. [From 'Summertime': Notebooks 1972–1975] Reference
Like the room, the thickly hooded shape conveyed a feeling of somber staleness. From Wordnik.com. [The End of The Matter]
You know already that it's human limitations rather than staleness, as I see it. From Wordnik.com. [Printing: 21 December 2009: Snowbound: [Mental] Wheels in Fifth Gear] Reference
In other words, you fell for staleness and predictability, and got caught off guard. From Wordnik.com. [The wild speculation that Sarah Palin is not the real mother of the new baby she presents as her own.] Reference
The ability to recognize the earliest signs of staleness is of the utmost importance. From Wordnik.com. [The Home Medical Library, Volume V (of VI)] Reference
Perhaps we should sprinkle some rosemary about to get rid of the staleness that lingers. From Wordnik.com. [Gentle Warrior]
The beauty of the page is how it consistently fails to translate the staleness of breath. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-02-01] Reference
What you term "staleness and predictability" I would refer to as consistency of position. From Wordnik.com. [The wild speculation that Sarah Palin is not the real mother of the new baby she presents as her own.] Reference
Rancidity is usually preceded by general loss of flavor followed by staleness of kernels. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Incorporated 39th Annual Report at Norris, Tenn. September 13-15 1948] Reference
Cold and clean and a medicinal staleness-though no one had been in this room for a long TIME. From Wordnik.com. [Devil's Waltz]
Flandry discarded the staleness of his armor for a plain helmet and knew himself fully alive. From Wordnik.com. [Ensign Flandry]
I agree with you whole heartedly about the staleness of the information by the time you get it. From Wordnik.com. [Gadget magazine bubble, TakeTwo] Reference
The worst of quotations is that either their staleness is tedious or their unfamiliarity irritates. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, June 4, 1919.] Reference
That horrible, horrible staleness of Europe, and all their trite consciousness, and their dreariness. From Wordnik.com. [Kangaroo] Reference
From the abstract, Systems and methods are herein disclosed for assessing the staleness of a web page. From Wordnik.com. [Web Search: Endeca’s Guided Navigation Awarded Patent; Web Page Decay and More Published Patent Applications « ResourceShelf] Reference
As you can see from the staleness of my blog entries as of late, I haven't had internet since October. From Wordnik.com. [Long Time No See] Reference
And he no longer has any power or patronage and there's already a fin de siecle staleness around Blair. From Wordnik.com. [Why Blair Was Wrong at PMQs] Reference
It's amazing how well a twenty-four year-old sf film has held up: the genre generally lends itself to rapid staleness. From Wordnik.com. [[film] Alien: Director's Cut] Reference
Memory has been emptied out by the long years abroad, and a certain perfunctoriness and staleness hangs over the scene. From Wordnik.com. [Mrs. Wharton in New York] Reference
There comes a certain time in every long-lasting series TV or comic that there seems to be a sort of staleness to the story. From Wordnik.com. [July | 2003 | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources] Reference
The Absurdists believed the same thing many years ago -- the staleness of the premises and assumptions that underlay our reality. From Wordnik.com. [Printing: 21 December 2009: Snowbound: [Mental] Wheels in Fifth Gear] Reference
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