Sentence examples for once unremarkable from inspiring English sources

Mr Briggs credits the innovation with turning this once unremarkable patch of eastern England into one of the most productive farms in the country.

Newfound Scrutiny For now, her life, once unremarkable, is under intense scrutiny — by journalists and lawyers, and investigators working for the prosecution or the defense.

These are desperate times on Southern, a once unremarkable train service whose extraordinary decline has sent its passengers – many priced out of London into the suburbs and beyond – into despair.

With the country facing a chronic scarcity of African-Americans in math and science, Dr. Hrabowski, a 50-year-old black mathematician, has turned this once unremarkable -- and still predominantly white -- state university outpost into a magnet for blacks pursuing careers in those fields.

Primaries are the summer's big political thing, as proved by the Tories' transformation of a once-unremarkable Devon town into the People's Republic of Totnes.

Yet blue reflective road signs bearing the names of once-unremarkable working-class suburbs — Harasta, Douma — now indicate war zones, and many drivers take the older route over Mount Qasioun.

It transformed the once-unremarkable neighborhood into one of the most popular destinations in the metropolitan area.

Pining for all that had once seemed unremarkable, he returned home "a burning hot-headed patriot".

By Sasha Frere-Jones The band, once an unremarkable example of emo, now sings about the mechanics of celebrity.

Once an unremarkable stretch of discount stores, banks and camera and electronics shops, Fifth Avenue south of St. Patrick's Cathedral has sprung to life in the last year, offering the promise of becoming a fashionable shopping destination.

THE LOCATION Queen Street West in Parkdale, once the unremarkable western fringe of a busy downtown street, has become the stomping ground of Toronto's creative community (the city has declared it part of an Art and Design District).