one-note
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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Few of the projected details included here are more unfortunate than the one-note, relentlessly glowering expressions of the dancers performing Tybalt.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026
“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 • Oct. 10, 2025
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 • Sep. 28, 2025
But there are monsters fighting for screen time; they cause a lot of exciting havoc — and fair enough, they didn’t ask to be kidnapped — but they’re fairly one-note dramatically speaking.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 11, 2025
The cicadas hummed their one-note song, just as they had at home in Florida.
From "Looking for Alaska" by John Green
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