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Before he reached his apartment, he was sufficiently himself to give the welcome he received from Aunt Judy and from Suzuki a feeling of usualness.

From The Long Lane's Turning by Rives, Hallie Erminie

Altogether, the usualness of things was rather startling to Bibbs.

From The Turmoil, a novel by Tarkington, Booth

He felt it would be difficult to get back to usualness with them.

From Soul of a Bishop by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

The outward usualness of things continued after dinner.

From The Turmoil, a novel by Tarkington, Booth

The train came to an uncertain stop, and the sun and the poles and the trees faded, and his universe rocked itself slowly back to its old usualness, with Anthony Patch in the centre.

From The Beautiful and Damned by Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott)