one-note
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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Sweeney has a tough enough job cut out for her trying to act her way out of a paper-thin script, but this one-note, ridiculously monotone performance does her no favors.
From Salon
The dissonance between the two keeps “Die My Love” unpredictable, but the film lives so long in that liminal state that its push-pull ultimately becomes one-note.
From Salon
The entire affair is monotonously one-note and dour, with only a few pops of unintentional humor.
From Los Angeles Times
“It’s hard not to still see the rally as a boom driven by a one-note narrative,” she said in a recent note.
From Barron's
Taylor imbues a grave defiance in Perfidia, rounding out what could be a one-note character in someone else’s hands into a moving, heartbreaking portrait of a rebel.
From Salon
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