The blandness of his confession enraged the judge. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
It is opposed to what it calls the blandness and crassness of the modern world. From Wordnik.com. [The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed] Reference
A check-the-boxes approach to creativity is more likely to result in blandness and failure. From Wordnik.com. [Disney’s Iger Shows Up The Street] Reference
My blandness is an insult to their eyes. From Wordnik.com. [Why do people hate hipsters?] Reference
Now the problem with that is that a certain kind of blandness creeps into conversations. From Wordnik.com. [Great Books: My Adventures with Homer, Rousseau, Woolf and Other Indestructible Writers of the Western World] Reference
He received them with great blandness and dignity. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 347, September, 1844] Reference
"How much?" said the clerk, with the same blandness. From Wordnik.com. [Cord and Creese] Reference
"" You see this blandness and similarity to the shows. From Wordnik.com. [Tv Turns Vertical] Reference
'Good heavens,' said Polystratus, with knowing blandness. From Wordnik.com. [See Delphi and Die]
"Kommit," said the Norwegian, in tones of gentler blandness. From Wordnik.com. [A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden 2nd edition] Reference
Their studied blandness said they were unsure about my sanity. From Wordnik.com. [Old Tin Sorrows]
Within a few hours, their phlegmatic blandness had begun to pass. From Wordnik.com. [The Status Civilization] Reference
"'Tis fate, my young friend," said Diggle, with all his old blandness. From Wordnik.com. [In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India] Reference
A smile of luxurious blandness spreads over the face of the young man. From Wordnik.com. [Walking-Stick Papers] Reference
Even then, my own personal dress code was the definition of blandness. From Wordnik.com. [elfpvke Diary Entry] Reference
Senior citizens would be complaining about the blandness of this dish. From Wordnik.com. [unclebob Diary Entry] Reference
Summers 'demented' Mother 'is a glorious exception to all the blandness. From Wordnik.com. [Synchronicity] Reference
Aznar's outward blandness has been an effective cover for real, even radical, reform. From Wordnik.com. [The Cool Pragmatist] Reference
A management consult-investment banker type, she's achieved perfect yuppie blandness. From Wordnik.com. [Michael Wolff: Honk if You Just Can't Get Enough of Chelsea and Marc] Reference
Their blandness and kindness cannot fail to make the poor man feel happier and better. From Wordnik.com. [A Review of Uncle Tom's Cabin or, An Essay on Slavery] Reference
It is hard to conceive of a less creative moninker, but perhaps blandness was the goal. From Wordnik.com. [Random Access Online: An Elephant In The Courtroom] Reference
Till I can safely dispose of you, Ravna could feel the unsaid words behind his blandness. From Wordnik.com. [A Fire Upon the Deep]
And corporate America is responsible for a lot of blandness, as you walk down High Street. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 13, 2006] Reference
She schooled her features to blandness as a footman opened the door into the library for her. From Wordnik.com. [Unlikely Duchess]
The result, this year, is a blandness exemplified by the relentless use of the hollow word "change.". From Wordnik.com. [Oh, Melancholy Conservatives!] Reference
His smile, which was beginning to get a maniacal glint around the edges, softened back into blandness. From Wordnik.com. [ana-ng Diary Entry] Reference
To the blandness of his smile, as he proceeded in his unabashed recital, succeeded a pained expression. From Wordnik.com. [In and out of Three Normady Inns] Reference
There is a blandness, a lack of personal intensity in positions of great power that seems, well, weird. From Wordnik.com. [A High Risk Presidency] Reference
Of all these glycerine is by no means unimportant, as it confers a blandness or mellowness upon the wine. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Living in Australia ; together with three hundred Australian cookery recipes and accessory kitchen information by Mrs. H. Wicken] Reference
In this combination there is an absence of versatility, of blandness, agreeableness, sympathy and warmth. From Wordnik.com. [How to Become Rich A Treatise on Phrenology, Choice of Professions and Matrimony] Reference
The corporatization of coffee annihilates small cafes, leaving us with the uniform blandness of Starbucks. From Wordnik.com. [Read Between the Lines] Reference
"And now about this ornithological problem, Joe," he cut in with a blandness that outdid Joe's best effort. From Wordnik.com. [Then I'll Come Back to You] Reference
The blandness of the earth full of white stone, grey plants and our most beautiful natural gem - the yucca. From Wordnik.com. [the desert] Reference
Long derided as a trumped-up boy band, they now return from a three-year hiatus steadfast in their blandness. From Wordnik.com. [Maroon 5: Hands All Over] Reference
Malone, with his flannel shirts and cultivated blandness, has always been the affable Middle American good guy. From Wordnik.com. [The Best of Enemies] Reference
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