Example Sentences

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The very ordinariness of these reminders underscored the fact—as if it needed underscoring—that I hadn’t just lost a daughter but a whole previous life.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

In their ordinariness, some photos I’ve seen of those deported immigrant families remind me of my own family.

From Salon • May 25, 2025

One element of Jon Gries, which makes his acting and his character, is his physical ordinariness.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2025

"I think they're so special just because of their ordinariness really and how long they've lasted, but how long they've lasted not by being kept precious and shut away," says Ms Ward.

From BBC • Dec. 28, 2022

So she goes to that place where all things go that are not mentionable, taking her blond hair, her angora sweater, her ordinariness with her.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood