Sentence examples for simple and banal from inspiring English sources

It is striking that some GPs described preventative measures in old age as "little", "simple" and "banal things", as well as "not anything over the top".

In the modern media, eccentricity, is, Eaton rather high-mindedly believes, "treated as contemptuous, something to be ridiculed or laughed at; I particularly dislike The Sun because it cheapens everything: it talks about the world as if it's much simpler and banal than it is.

"They're incredibly simple and also banal".

It's that simple, and that banal.

"His tone seems to be very simple and ordinary, almost banal, and yet it is very hard to catch.

"I see water and buildings" are the words Adams has chosen to use, and there is something at once concrete and transcendent about this simple, almost banal affirmation.

The remnants of humanity live on in the simple flourishes, banal trappings, shadows cast and layers of paint that decorate the city's walls.

They engage in banal conversation and banal ballet.

It seems so pedestrian and banal.

Also, slow, portentous and banal.

Nor so familiar and banal.