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- Maybe not, I thought, circling behind her as I followed my mother into the next gallery; her clothes were a little too bland and suburban; she was probably a tourist.†
p. 25.9
- "The main branch is open tonight until seven," he said, in his own bland and faint-ish voice.†
p. 150.9
- Goldie said something sharp-sounding in Spanish to Marco V, who shrugged blandly and headed back into the package room.†
p. 212.6 *blandly = in a manner that is dull or uninteresting
- In this new ecosystem money, or even good looks, did not seem to determine popularity; what mattered most, as I came to realize, was who'd lived in Vegas the longest, which was why the knock-down Mexican beauties and itinerant construction heirs sat alone at lunch while the bland, middling children of local realtors and car dealers were the cheerleaders and class presidents, the unchallenged elite of the school.†
p. 234.7
- "Well, you know, I could always have Thanksgiving with you guys, if you'd rather," I said blandly, leaning back against the kitchen counter.†
p. 261.9blandly = in a manner that is dull or uninteresting
- His build was pudgy, his suit blandly corporate and married-with-kids-looking; and his sad-sack demeanor gave me the creeps.†
p. 363.5
- "Not feeling well?" said Mr. Vogel blandly—balding midwesterner in rimless glasses, prim in his reefer coat, tough luck to you if he was the banker and you were late with the mortgage.†
p. 459.7
- He was a slight, wide-eyed bounce of a guy, innocent, bland, infuriatingly cheerful, dressed in jeans and hoodie like a teenager; and his quick, apologetic smile when we were alone in the living room had sent me blank with rage.†
p. 460.4
- I said blandly.†
p. 482.9blandly = in a manner that is dull or uninteresting
- I felt a jab of fear at the base of my spine, though I took care to keep my eyes on my plate: white rice and stir-fried vegetables, the blandest thing on the menu.†
p. 483.7
- "Is that so," I said, with resolute blandness; in the antiques trade, I had daily occasion to deal with insinuating old gents of his stripe and Mrs. Barbour, who had not let go my hand, only squeezed it tighter.†
p. 622.7
- He was broadshouldered and bored-looking, in a soft gray coat, and despite his age there was something petulant and cherubic about him, overly ripe, soft white hands and a soft managerial blandness.†
p. 676.4
- What if the heart, for its own unfathomable reasons, leads one willfully and in a cloud of unspeakable radiance away from health, domesticity, civic responsibility and strong social connections and all the blandly-held common virtues and instead straight towards a beautiful flare of ruin, self-immolation, disaster?†
p. 761.5blandly = in a manner that is dull or uninteresting
Definitions:
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(1)
(bland) dull or lacking stimulating characteristics -- especially in the flavor of food
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)