Johansson's few lines of dialogue involve her engaging her passengers in banal chitchat, occasionally offering an awkwardly delivered compliment ("You're very charming"), after which her face tends to settle back into something tougher.
The rap on Tom Peters Tom Peters is that he's a showboat, that he travels the lecture circuit offering banal certitudes, and that none of his later books have lived up to the promise of his first book, In Search of Excellence, the runaway bestseller he wrote with Robert H. Waterman Robert H. Waterman.
I have to stop myself offering some banal reassurance, possibly regarding the number of fish in the sea.
He can be mawkish and banal, pompous and orotund, offering little more than the mellifluous versifying of shallow or confused thoughts.
Although the majority of bloggers share only single songs, showing particular affection for the obscure and out of print, some blogs are the most banal sort of pirates – offering links to download entire new releases.
His meandering monologue is banal and often embarrassing, offering up trite comments on art and life that show no insight or thought.
He spoke at length about his arrest, offering details that seemed too banal to concoct.
A happy alternative to great orchestras playing banal repertory is less-than-great orchestras offering one fascinating piece after the next.
In its place, "Four Ways" had Fast Forward pacing the stage, offering snappy, misleading responses to banal questions posed by female cast members: "Where is the Upper East Side?" "How do I get to Grand Army Plaza?" In the background male cast members emulated and exaggerated Fast Forward's gestures.
The Chinese president was offering more than the usual banal platitudes.
Instead of sweating in lines to see a couple of film clips and grab a glimpse of a star, fans were following their passions into the convention's nooks and crannies that were offering a deeper level of engagement than the often banal presentations by big studios.
