| 单词 | blandness |
| 例句 | Despite all this, his blandness was perfectly tolerable, even soothing. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z There is no question of skipping this meal; on the contrary, for ten evenings the three of them are strangely hungry, eager to taste the blandness on their plates. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Instead of the franchised blandness of American cities, Alexandria is a city of mom-and-pop stores, all with signage screaming for attention, their wares encroaching on the streets. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z Milkman had to blink twice before their faces returned to the vaguely alarmed blandness he was accustomed to. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z That would account for their blandness, the absence of bitten fingers, their level blueeyed gaze. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z They had a uniformity and blandness about them, as if our palette now had fewer than a dozen colours. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z It wasn’t much more than a meandering dirt lane, one car wide in spots, cutting through the blandness of sagebrush and ducking down to an anemic border river. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z This emotional detachment and blandness in certain areas is other evidence of his mental abnormality. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z His scenes pivot on teachable moments buttressed by reaction shots to his coterie, undermining the mysteries of Jesus with the blandness of the filmmaking. Movie Review: ‘Son of God’ Recounts the Crucifixion 2014-02-28T00:23:23Z On another cross-country trek, in 2007, the culinary highlight was Oklahoma City, whose dozens of Vietnamese restaurants provided much-needed relief from midwestern blandness. US has reached peak 'food city': every town is now a culinary destination 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z Its blandness belies mysterious origins: Scientists have yet to conclude why prairie voles, much less people, prefer to bond in long-term pairs. Polyamory Works for Them 2019-08-03T04:00:00Z In The Hateful Eight, the violence, if occasionally entertaining, is never sorrowful or cathartic or complex in any way, and before long its casual cruelty becomes a kind of blandness. Review: Quentin Tarantino's Hateful Eight Revels in Snow, Not So Much in People 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z They, like everyone else in this series, have a “Stepford Wives” blandness to them. Review: ‘The Catch’ Is a Glossy Game of Cat and Mouse 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z In its natural state this soup is distinctive for its blandness. Time for some traditional Korean beef soup 2011-01-14T19:20:04Z While her new dance direction leads to a fairly tame trip-hop/chill-out zone, it's a great improvement on her usual blandness. Dido: Girl Who Got Away – review 2013-02-28T21:45:01Z Mr. Colon’s skill as singer and songwriter is obvious, but now that he has national name recognition, blandness reigns. New Music: New Music: Javier Colon and Taylor Ho Bynum - Reviews 2011-11-28T23:08:05Z A thick, nubby topping of cinnamony streusel will make up for any dry blandness underneath, so that bottom layer often ends up seeming like a mere vehicle to bring crumbs to mouth. What’s the Right Crumb Cake Ratio? This Recipe Tries to Find Out 2022-02-18T05:00:00Z Part of this stems from the blandness of its prose. Nuruddin Farah’s ‘Hiding in Plain Sight’ wrestles with grand political, social themes Its characters lack density and substance because their traits melt into an unexceptional blandness except when they stand out for derision. How “Parasite” Falls Short of Greatness 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z It is adding, they suggest, to a worrying blandness in musical tastes. Is music tribalism dead? 2011-07-23T23:07:50Z Rhodes is especially good at this nightmarish blandness. Marry Me by Dan Rhodes – review 2013-01-24T11:00:01Z Extraordinary, but useless, and it contributes to an overall blandness in the dish, an early shock in the experiment. Is this cooking for idiots? My week eating nothing but ‘recipe box’ food 2017-11-01T04:00:00Z This attitude of almost studious blandness has clearly served Fanning well and provided some kind of antidote to the years of exposure. Dakota Fanning: ‘There was an expectation – to fail, to succeed’ 2016-10-01T04:00:00Z Thus, while "Letters to God" is certainly family-friendly, the blandness robs it of whatever emotion or redemption the filmmakers were shooting for. 'Letters to God': a faith-based drama that doesn't deliver 2010-04-08T20:14:00Z What we should not overlook, however, is a pervasive blandness that now shrinks this ballet. Dance Review: A Way With Balanchine (and With a Talking Dancer, Too) 2010-09-17T22:28:00Z Milk Bar desserts on the shelves of America’s suburban grocery stores, she said, are her gift to children looking for creative inspiration in a sea of mass-market blandness. For Christina Tosi, Building a Dessert Empire Is Not All Milk and Cookies 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z Ultimately, though, the real problem is the set list’s utter blandness. Review: Roll Over, Beethoven? At ‘Rocktopia,’ It’s Time to Roll Back 2018-03-27T04:00:00Z They are bland, and this blandness is deliberately achieved. Why the Iranian film industry is like Hollywood before 1969 2013-02-08T15:16:10Z She serenades couples who giddily take to the dance floor, three minutes to show off their rhinestone-studded jeans and escape the workaday blandness of their other lives. T Magazine: Origin of Country 2012-03-12T16:45:50Z Still, you may detect an occasional tear — so small it barely lets light through — in the glossy expositional blandness. Review: Theater as Sabotage in the Dazzling ‘Fairview’ 2018-06-17T04:00:00Z Good looks are a must, but so is a certain blandness. Tween Stars Wanted: Must Be Primed for Pressure 2011-05-10T12:45:47Z You do wade through a lot of blandness to get to the gems, though. Gabrielle Aplin: English Rain – review 2013-05-09T21:15:01Z The blandness of "Fuse" is dispiriting, given that it was created by Insomniac Games, developer of the endlessly inventive "Ratchet & Clank" series. Review: EA's sci-fi shooter 'Fuse' lacks spark 2013-05-30T12:35:12Z Yet blandness became his trademark once he became famous. Books of The Times: Behind That Humble Pitchfork, a Complex Artist 2010-10-03T22:19:00Z The comedy in his remarks is in direct proportion to the zealotry with which politicians' blandness is policed. Boris Johnson, the comedian of politics, has the last laugh 2012-07-30T12:00:01Z Though Times art critic Christopher Knight finds too much blandness, he does see some disarming work, including one piece by L.A. artist Olga Koumoundouros that actually undercuts the premise of the triennial’s theme. Essential Arts & Culture: Hamlet as a teen? Plus a conductor's surprising exit, Shepard, Saarinen and more 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z Romantic comedies sometimes compensate for the blandness of the central lovebirds by supplying them with wacky friends. | 'Something Borrowed': New Lovers and the Old Triangle 2011-05-06T05:23:01Z But here, too, as in her vocal performance, there was a trace of blandness, of playing it safe. Soprano Martinez tries out "Butterfly" wings 2010-10-23T18:16:00Z The exceptions to the score’s blandness are telling. Review: ‘Trevor’ Is a Musical That Dare Not Speak Its Theme 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z Perhaps, but the real crime here is blandness and predictability. Concept album by Muse just drones on 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z In an industry where blandness is often rewarded above all else, Stewart Lee is an oasis of intellect and originality. How I Escaped My Certain Fate: The Life and Deaths of a Stand-Up Comedian 2010-07-31T23:14:00Z This is not a rhetorical question but rather an expression of genuine puzzlement occasioned by “Something Borrowed,” a well-meaning comedy of marriage that seems ardently committed to the blandness of its characters. | 'Something Borrowed': New Lovers and the Old Triangle 2011-05-06T05:23:01Z He provided an immaculate accompaniment to Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto, in which soloist Akiko Suwanai's glossy tone and seamless legato made up for a certain blandness of character. BBCSO/Davis 2010-04-14T21:15:00Z As played by Pattinson, Packer must represent the blandness of ultimate power. Pretty Boys Gone Wild, Part 2: Robert Pattinson in Cosmopolis 2012-05-25T18:05:46Z To Ms. Fernandez, rice was “the shaper of other foods,” its soothing blandness allowing other dishes to be stronger in contrast. Filipino Food Finds a Place in the American Mainstream 2018-03-12T04:00:00Z They show that advanced age does not resign a woman to gray blandness. The sexual celebration of mature women in bloom, from "Queen Charlotte" to Martha Stewart 2023-05-21T04:00:00Z A phrenology helmet from the 19th century has a map of parts of the brain having to do with “blandness,” “agreeableness,” “sublimity,” etc. Worth the trip: a pilgrimage to experience Bellingham’s MegaZapper 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z You knew he wasn’t going to say or do anything too provocative or divisive or interesting, and that steady blandness reminded me of Johnny Carson, the generic white-guy Oscar host of my youth. This Year, a Plain Old Ordinary Oscars Was Something to Savor 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z I think it has to do with the network's corporate personality, which fuses Nielsen-chasing shamelessness with heartland pandering and a faintly sanctimonious blandness. Meet the worst new TV show of 2011: "Suspect Behavior" 2011-02-16T15:01:00Z I live in fear of the blandness I grew up on, but overcompensating doesn't help, and it isn't boring to be selective. Toss that old paprika! What experts say you should do to build a better spice collection 2023-10-21T04:00:00Z The idea in part was to tweak the blandness, and the pretensions, of much of fashion advertising, Mr. Tonchi said. Cheeky ?Ads? With a Whiff of Parody 2011-11-04T17:53:12Z Although he spent many years as a professor, Mr. Smith came to believe that college creative writing programs produced a dull blandness among their students. William Jay Smith, former U.S. poet laureate, dies at 97 2015-08-22T04:00:00Z The other pieces on Tuesday were unlike one another except in the pop-accessible blandness of their musical taste. Barely Moving, but Communicating Volumes 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z But those pieces don’t push the art form either, and staging them alongside “Pentimento” brings out a blandness in all three. Review: The Paul Taylor Company Returns With a New Voice 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z But while his playing on Monday in a program of Chopin’s music was carefully considered and flexible, with ample rubato throughout, that well-calibrated moderation sometimes felt like blandness. Music Review: Keyboard Festival Presents Andrew Tyson and Ilya Yakushev 2013-07-16T21:51:58Z Mr. Murphy’s lyrics are of a matching blandness, with Alice’s earnest ballads of self-discovery amply stocked in cliché. | 'Wonderland': There?s No Place Like Queens 2011-04-18T02:01:04Z In the Sonata No. 4 there was the same blandness of extremes. From Lang Lang, a Technicolor Take on Mozart 2014-02-05T05:00:26Z And once in a while, the movie jolts itself out of its bombastic blandness with a silly, clever touch, like a vending machine that dispenses cartons of “Moon Milk.” Review: 'Independence Day: Resurgence' Is More of the Same—Yet Less 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z How the blandness of the film affects Moore’s Oscar chances remains to be seen – for now, the odds don’t look to be in her favour. Oscars 2016: a look at early frontrunners after the Toronto film festival 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z These image are certainly enigmatic in their created blandness, but to what end? Do the Deutsche B?rse prize jury really get photography? 2010-12-02T16:06:00Z The blandness permeating this year’s slate of top nominees suggests that efforts are going slower than expected. Perspective | You’ll never guess who leads this year’s Grammy noms! (Just kidding, it’s Beyoncé and Taylor Swift.) 2020-11-24T05:00:00Z In his first successful insurrection, Blob and his band of merry friends from the Color Underground beat back the blandness that Comrade Black instilled in Chroma City. Game On: 'Bulletstorm' is bloody fun; 'de Blob 2' a fine sequel 2011-03-01T19:34:04Z I’ve gotten down with some of the rice noodles or tofu the place sells, but I long ago wrote off its prepared foods because I prejudged them on the blandness of the “sweet” tofu fa. | My Chinatown 2010-10-27T17:40:00Z You kind of want him to succeed in his petty rebellion against boredom, conformity and corporate blandness, and you kind of want him to be punched in the face. New Directors/New Films Festival Opens With Bold Strokes 2014-03-18T21:30:55Z An East Coast preference for lighter brews may compound the blandness. How to find a great cup of coffee in Charleston, S.C. — or wherever you go 2015-09-20T04:00:00Z The title “Military Wives” is plain to the point of blandness. ‘Military Wives’ Review: Unlikely Choir, Familiar Frictions 2020-05-21T04:00:00Z Given the blandness of some of the troupe’s repertory, that speaks to who was dancing it. Dance Review: Ailey II Dances at Ailey Citigroup Theater 2014-04-08T21:34:12Z At its least inspired “Sondheim on Sondheim” has the smiley supper-club blandness of previous Sondheim revues, like “Putting It Together” and “Side by Side by Sondheim.” | 'Sondheim on Sondheim': Barbara Cook and Vanessa Williams at Studio 54 2010-04-23T02:50:00Z The contrast of that song’s peppy blandness and the gruesomeness of Patrick’s notion of playing host came across more chillingly in the film, which starred Christian Bale. Critic’s Notebook: London’s Dark Musicals ‘American Psycho’ and ‘Stephen Ward’ 2014-01-20T18:23:32Z It has something to do with his peculiar, irascible, enchanting personality, still vivid in our age of triviality and blandness. Morris in Iceland 2010-03-27T00:09:00Z Last night’s Super Bowl showcased some great football, some decent music despite the tedium of Coldplay’s pumped-up blandness, and, as ever, a barometer on the state of masculinity. The real Super Bowl babies: Big commercial moments paint men as infantile doofuses 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z The work has long been a fine vehicle for his soft-edged strength, its dreamlike atmosphere misting his handsome blandness. Review: At City Ballet, Getting Back to Showing New Work, Live 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z But its failings are that it offers few fresh insights, isn't always nimble enough on its feet and mistakes Sheridan's innate geniality for blandness. The School for Scandal – review 2012-07-12T16:51:56Z More of the same, according to “Views,” an album so patently on-message that its blandness is punishing. Started from the bottom, now he’s insufferable 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z And so the film rolls along to a predictable conclusion: Rockwell's Kenny isn't very interesting and Swank plays her heroine with supercilious blandness, and nothing like the gusto of Julia Roberts's Erin Brockovich. Conviction ? review 2011-01-13T22:29:01Z Even the engagingly idiosyncratic Gaby Hoffmann, as Donna’s best friend, is limited to an amiable blandness. Movies 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z All in all, “See Dad Run” seems to aspire only to blandness, which is perhaps just right for Nick at Nite’s risk-averse audience. Television Review: ‘See Dad Run,’ on Nick at Nite, Stars Scott Baio 2012-10-12T21:10:04Z And originality aside, the multisite concept of “Foundation” results in a certain blandness; the piece may simply be too accommodating for its own good. Three Solo Shows at SculptureCenter in Queens 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z Both Mr. Wilson’s demeanor — a beefy suburban blandness tinged with something darker and more aggressive — and some of the facts in Jack’s background complicate the picture. | 'Middle Men': George Gallo on the Internet Pornography Business 2010-08-06T00:47:00Z There’s an intriguing blandness in these playlists, which come off like eager attempts to soften and humanize our Commander-in-Chief. When Politicians Make Playlists 2015-08-21T04:00:00Z But an increasing number of paladar owners are forming a maturing restaurant scene with creative, experimental chefs who are out to change Cuba's reputation for culinary blandness. New York meets Cuba in art-fair chef exchange 2012-05-12T21:31:04Z Wong’s basic approach was for continual grace and beauty, which could lead to blandness but also impressive robust grandeur. Bach times two: Collegium and Master Chorale double the elation 2017-12-11T05:00:00Z I don't think we can entirely blame the contestants for the blandness. 'American Idol': Radio-friendly, but not camera-friendly? 2011-04-05T00:54:03Z Windowsill herb plants would seem a perfect antidote to winter’s visual and culinary blandness, except that such plants rarely do as well as billed. Rosemary and bay laurel thrive on winter windowsills 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z Yet that doesn’t make up for the general blandness. Review: Gibney Dances Ohad Naharin, Minus the Inner Drive 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z Now the only worry is that the sheer gravitational force of Hollywood will drag MacFarlane into a kind of comedy pastiche blandness. Seth MacFarlane could well be the grit that turns the Oscars back to a pearl 2012-10-01T19:08:17Z Though it was clear her heart wasn't in a continual diet of Rihanna and Kate Nash, she metamorphosed into acquiescent blandness. Why not sack every DJ on Radio 1? 2011-02-04T09:02:00Z Yet for all its precision, the group, while charming at times, was rarely able to move beyond a commercial blandness. Dance Review: International Body Music Festival at Lincoln Center 2010-08-15T23:12:00Z There’s no harm in it, but this is an exercise in agreeable blandness. How to Fall Under a Butoh-like Spell 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z He’s even said to possess an “affable blandness.” A Different Kind of Dystopian Novel 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z Stop dancing, and you're forced to concede that blandness has crept into Murdoch's lyrics, along with godliness. Belle and Sebastian: Write About Love 2010-10-07T21:20:00Z “Grease” went by in a blur of blandness. After ‘Hairspray Live!’: 7 TV Musicals and 5 Lessons Learned 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z Corbett tries too hard to be cute, while Moynahan mainly gives the impression of blandness. 'Ramona and Beezus': Beverly Cleary Novels Hit the Big Screen 2010-07-23T19:45:00Z It reveals all the hallmarks and acquired craft skills of the creative writing course: a persistent blandness, an incorruptible awareness of political correctness, but also a kind of defensive knowingness. The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker – review 2012-07-13T21:54:01Z Despite the dramatic events, the overall effect is one of surprising blandness, like something you've read before. The Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twan Eng - review 2012-08-24T21:55:01Z As “Universe of Super Heroes” proves, that’s often the moment when commerce transcends corporate blandness to become genuine art. MoPOP’s ‘MARVEL: Universe of Super Heroes’ is super fun for comics nerds and novices alike 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z The movie is “a well-meaning comedy of marriage that seems ardently committed to the blandness of its characters.” DVD: How Crimes Have Changed 2011-08-12T18:43:25Z With a conjurer's practiced blandness, Abrams simply says, "I believe in anything that will engage the audience and make the story more effective." Secret's Out 2011-06-02T10:15:00Z Her decisiveness does much to rid the ballet of what is now a besetting blandness, but she is miscast in the ballet’s most meltingly delicate role. Dance: An Illuminating Swan, Then a Pure-Dance End 2010-02-17T23:34:00Z But some observers warn of dire precedent if she prevails – that films such as I, Tonya or The Post, depicting real people, might never be made or diluted to anodyne blandness. Olivia de Havilland, 101, on suing Feud: TV show 'put false words in my mouth' 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z There’s often a certain blandness to Stephen Costello’s calm, restrained tenor. Review: In ‘La Bohème’ at the Met, the Star Is in the Pit 2023-04-23T04:00:00Z That it took so long for me to realize the problem says almost too much about the blandness and sameness of the Tonys under any circumstances. Unscripted or Not, the Tonys Were Mostly Predictable 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z Those plays began with seeming blandness, then took hairpin turns into lands of unsettling, retributive grimness. Review: ‘The Way We Get By’ After a One-Night Stand 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z Raised through war and crushing deprivation, he has lived a life of total aloneness and blandness — the only guarantee of avoiding betrayal or extortion in this “cutting-edge, brainwashing authoritarian super-machine.” Review | ‘The Standardization of Demoralization Procedures’ is a story that John le Carré might have written for ‘The Twilight Zone’ 2020-08-02T04:00:00Z It's as if Bloom is deliberately courting accusations of blandness. Where the God of Love Hangs Out by Amy Bloom | Book review 2010-03-20T00:07:00Z She also sprinkles the greens with lemon juice and salt before dressing — yet another layer of blandness prevention. The best chicken caesar salad I've ever had 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z Another is the backlash against globalization, which is making us critical of its blandness, and more amenable to the quirkiness, sensuality and frailties of craftsmanship. DESIGN: A Revival of Rural Craft, With a Modern Twist 2010-07-25T18:00:00Z They saw a manic, infantile regression that broke through the blandness of public life, the ingenuous democratic fantasy that shattered the hypocrisy of earnest public morality. Childlike Stars 2015-04-21T04:00:00Z He favored the particular over the general, the obstinate incommensurability of actual human experience over the oily blandness of ideology. Review | These ‘missing’ Jacob Lawrence paintings are finally in a museum — and they’re masterpieces 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z Paper lends uniformity to everything, matching the scene’s banality to the blandness of the depicted surfaces. Thomas Demand undercuts what we think photographs show us 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z The novel’s setting is a nameless town about twenty-five miles outside New York City, which—because of the blandness and meanness of its depiction—I’m just going to speculate is in Westchester County. A Cinderella Story with an Immigrant Twist 2017-03-03T05:00:00Z Arriving three years ago with perfect timing to offset the slow descent into blandness of Hollywood superhero flicks, it also avoided slipping into spoof territory. Will Kick-Ass 2 stay offbeat as our self-made superheroes polish their act? 2013-03-14T11:54:38Z That the show, in this case, is a skin flick doesn’t alter the breezy blandness with which “Intimacy” proceeds. Theater Review: Thomas Bradshaw’s ‘Intimacy’ Makes Sex Neighborly 2014-01-30T03:00:17Z Aside from the rather sweet blandness of the vanilla, the others are very appealing. Oat Milk Powers This Ice Cream 2020-06-01T04:00:00Z We can predict Main’s outrage because we’ve been shown another of the firm’s ads, which, we are told, is bland because the partners demanded blandness. ‘Better Call Saul’ Recap: Season 2, Episode 3: Lone Star State of Mind 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z Counteracting Johnson’s regrettable blandness, a clutch of agile actors in minor roles inject color and life into otherwise small moments. ‘The High Note’ Review: A Little Pitchy 2020-05-28T04:00:00Z The phrase’s blandness suggests something Ms. Goldberg made up when she realized how many of her main events were tending toward conventional theater. Critic?s Notebook: Performa 11 Is Bigger but Not Better 2011-11-25T23:51:33Z Or as the group's manifesto puts it, "In Café Nordo's pursuit of unadulterated digestions, theatrical cuisine combats the theology of blandness that permeates our culture, and hopefully busts a gut or two." A new kind of dinner theater takes off in Seattle 2011-11-02T21:04:04Z Too many of the dancers can show a certain polished blandness. Dance Review: Nerve and Verve On a Grand Scale 2011-03-07T22:49:07Z A certain blandness seems to threaten all proceedings. Worst job in showbiz: why will no one touch the world's glitziest gigs? 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z The cool thing about The Good Doctor, which gives him his first starring role since Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End in 2007, is its cunning use of the Bloom blandness. Orlando Bloom in The Good Doctor: Malpractice Makes Perfect 2012-08-31T14:30:39Z Their songs are odysseys in hooks that never linger anywhere too long, and although a certain blandness sets in later on, the trade of edge for accessibility is fair. Dutch Uncles: Out of Touch in the Wild – review 2013-02-07T23:00:01Z The Bolívars may no longer be a youth orchestra, but they play with the fervent blandness of child prodigies. Fiddling While Venezuela Starves? Bolívar Symphony Opens Carnegie Season 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z But, as mediocre as it was, the night seemed to be enjoyed by at least one man wading in the gooey blandness. 2015 Grammys: One dark night of the soul 2015-02-08T05:00:00Z Most of her photographs have an ersatz blandness; they are often inspired by whatever she finds around her apartment or her parents’ home where most of them are also taken. Iiu Susiraja: She Has Issues? No, You Have Issues 2023-05-31T04:00:00Z And of course a lot of it is compartmentalisation and blandness. What the F? How Mother! joined the 'bad movie' club 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z When it comes to food, I am adventurous in my tastes, but I am a wuss about heat — a connoisseur of blandness. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: This hot sauce is a killer 2021-01-19T05:00:00Z Veal is pounded to thinness and fried to a stiff blandness. Review | Nicoletta Italian Kitchen writes a recipe for expansion, but it needs some editing 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z And in “The Memo,” which starts out quietly folky and expands to cinematic scale, he mocks a culture of phoniness, hype and social-media narcissism: “Come binge on radiant blandness at the disposable feast,” he taunts. Father John Misty: The End Is Near, Sing All About It 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z Their music is unavoidably 'sweet', but fear not, it avoids the lip-curling saccharine blandness that word conjures up. We Were Evergreen 2012-05-22T16:57:39Z Whenever this happens the likelihood of blandness increases. Paramount unmasks "Halo" for a perfect launch to the long-awaited video game adaptation 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z That revival was criticized for what The New York Times called its "anesthetizing blandness." An interview with Harvey Fierstein, who plays Tevya in a touring 'Fiddler' 2010-05-19T22:55:00Z Under the rule of corporate blandness policed by a cloud of Furies on social media, we could someday find ourselves browsing shelves entirely sanitized, guaranteed not to offend the sensibilities of any reader. Perspective | A hateful, conspiracy-filled book just got harder to buy. That’s no cause for celebration. 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z Rose, who studied photography at Cooper Union in the seventies, portrays the towers as giants whose size and blandness allowed them to both dominate the downtown skyline and recede into it. When the Twin Towers Quietly Commanded the New York Skyline 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z Except that Byrde, a Chicago financial planner played by Jason Bateman with the aggressive blandness of an airline gate agent, is already bad. Review: Netflix Is in the Woods With ‘Ozark’ 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z Here, the baldness of the mashup between the Velvet Underground’s grittiness and the overpriced blandness of the goods on sale was jarring. In a New Velvet Underground Exhibition, a Gritty Subculture Meets the Corporate Moment 2018-11-03T04:00:00Z That’s a completely understandable artistic choice — the words and the people are more important than the nominal wardrobe and prop touches; but the blandness and seriousness deprive the movie of texture. ‘The Normal Heart’: Then and now, a relevant outrage Aucoin seems to have read this passage as Whitman taking cover in a genial blandness rather than risking exposure. Walt Whitman and the Essence of Opera 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z In “Pattern Recognition,” Pollard wonders if Hilfiger’s blandness might be the source of his appeal: where most preppy clothes are freighted with meaning, Tommy allows you to look preppy without actually being that way. The Growing Emptiness of the Star Wars Universe 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z But the Shed, often criticized for its blandness, serves as a surprisingly suitable convention center, and there are gems among the cautious displays. Frieze New York, First Live Art Fair in a Year, Kicks Off at the Shed 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z Shorter than a bad blind date and as sour as a vinegar Popsicle, “Young Adult” shrouds its brilliant, brave and breathtakingly cynical heart in the superficial blandness of commercial comedy. | 'Young Adult': Charlize Theron in ?Young Adult? - Review 2011-12-08T13:00:01Z Led by the artistic director of the series, K. Scott Warren, the orchestra played the Mozart works with a smoothness that verged on blandness, and the choir sang with fullness but not much incisiveness. Music Review: ‘My Soul Rejoices’ at the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola 2012-10-22T04:23:03Z The face she saw, famously, was a mask of bureaucratic blandness, summed up by her phrase “the banality of evil.” Movie Review: ‘Hannah Arendt,’ With Barbara Sukowa and Janet McTeer 2013-05-28T21:31:05Z But what captured my attention even more was the sheer everydayness of the documented conversations, whose polite blandness, in the context of their apparent criminality, often led to high comedy. The College-Admissions Scandal and the Banality of Scamming 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z The blandness of her new life becomes Mr. Pavone’s best way of hiding plot twists in plain sight. Books of The Times: ?The Expats,? a Thriller by Chris Pavone 2012-03-11T19:46:33Z Their very blandness forces the imagination into new areas. Books of The Times: J. G. Ballard’s Memoir, ‘Miracles of Life’ 2013-02-05T21:10:03Z If Matt Damon was known for anything before Ripley, it was as a doughfaced merchant of blandness who had somehow finagled his way to a best original screenplay Oscar for Good Will Hunting. Steve Carell’s Foxcatcher: when good guys go bad 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z The result, he said, was that they felt “boldness equals trouble with the government, blandness equals peace.” Bill Monroe, ?Meet the Press? Host, Dies at 90 2011-02-17T21:40:07Z As a child though, she found the blandness and safety "freeing", if a little dull. Chloe Sevigny 2010-10-02T23:04:00Z That peculiarly British trait of blandness, Hough said, “comes right through from the Victorian suspicion of pleasure.” A Pianist Revisits His Youth, in Playful Fragments 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z The exhibits rather than the architecture star, which is as it should be, the only quibble being that this principle is taken to the point of blandness. Mary Rose Museum, Portsmouth – review 2013-06-01T23:05:24Z Mehta did not push the Viennese, and Mozart and Brahms succumbed to blandness. The Toyota effect: 30 years later, one man's acoustic designs still rule how we hear music 2017-03-03T05:00:00Z Other than that, Meghan projects such a jaw-slacking image of blandness that she would be the perfect candidate to make up a four at a picnic table at some point in the future. Meghan Markle is the perfect fit for our new touchy-feely royal family 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z Punk began as a reaction to both the blandness and bombast of rock’s ruling class. 12 Forgotten Classics by Women-Led New Wave Bands 2020-07-22T04:00:00Z A similar blandness crept into the night’s other offerings, not helped by drawn-out set changes between pieces. Review: Heidi Latsky Dance and Axis Dance at Skirball Center 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z But the trouble with this cinematic Trojan horse is that the superficial blandness dominates the frame. ‘The Good House’ Review: Expending Emotional Real Estate 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z Twenty-five years ago, he could have been an indie-rock fan bemoaning the blandness of chart music. Let's start the foodie backlash 2012-09-28T21:45:06Z I know the answer: adrift in a sea of blandness. The Single Most Important Ingredient 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z The Mooch, charting the difficult course of seeming hopeful about this Presidency without sounding like an outright cretin, demonstrated a tremendous aptitude for blandness. Michael Avenatti and the Mooch Bring Their Blustering Banality to Stephen Colbert 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z Lineker's Match of the Day has its critics, but it is tempting after a while to wonder where all the talk of blandness or toeing the party line comes from. World Cup 2014: why Gary Lineker is a man of two halves 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z Angell notes elsewhere in the article that the genial, modest Blass “often gives the impression of an armored blandness that suggests a failure of emotion.” Philip Roth’s retirement lesson 2013-02-12T12:39:00Z Plus, those little seeds don’t carry much of their own flavor, and one of the only other ingredients was soy milk — a recipe for blandness. Chia pudding has texture issues. Here’s how to make it super smooth. 2017-07-14T04:00:00Z "If anything the foreign service gets a reputation for blandness. Boring is the quality, usually," said Thomas Alan Schwartz, a history and politics professor at Vanderbilt University. Diamonds and diplomacy: How ex-envoy Robert Olson fell from grace 2023-09-15T04:00:00Z Yes, there’s a widespread sense that there’s a kind of blandness to ChatGPT-generated material. Unregulated AI Will Worsen Inequality, Warns Nobel-Winning Economist Joseph Stiglitz 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z She reflected a postwar suburban inertia and cultural blandness that Humphries found stifling. Dame Edna actor Barry Humphries stable in Sydney hospital 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z He may not sport a silly mustache or scream his speeches into a microphone, but his blandness does not conceal his similarities to the Nazi dictator. Anti-Ukraine Republicans enable tyranny over democracy 2023-02-27T05:00:00Z And the myth of Midwestern blandness cannot account for Eugene Debs of Indiana and Malcolm X, from Omaha, Neb., and Lansing, Mich. Opinion | In unsettled times, look to Midwestern values 2022-12-30T05:00:00Z He loves adding it to “anything that has a comforting blandness,” he says, mentioning porridge, rice dishes and oatmeal as examples. Roasted seaweed is the powerhouse ingredient in this pantry pasta 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z His blandness is the best possible disguise, as it allows him to convey pro-fascist sentiments to his followers while being ignored by the national press. Less Madison Cawthorn, more dumpy fascists in bad suits 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z The starched, hygienic blandness of a tiny hotel room may be fine for sleeping, but it’s not so good for napping. Perspective | Everyone has a favorite way to nap. What’s yours? 2022-04-17T04:00:00Z People make fun of Irvine for its beige blandness, but you know who loves beige? Are diversifying suburbs like Irvine ready for a conversation about race? 2021-12-10T05:00:00Z For Germans, who prefer that their leaders be publicly reserved to the point of blandness, Mr. Macron’s style can appear a little swaggering. A New Ambition for the European Union: ‘Power’ 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z Spiced with raunchy dialogue, rowdy characters and outrageous shenanigans, the projects bring a sharper edge to the tried-and-true blandness of the Christmas movie genre. Inside the new crop of 'raunchy as hell' Christmas movies shaking up TV 2021-11-29T05:00:00Z In reality, it can produce a least-common-denominator educational system, dedicated to blandness and selective ignorance. Opinion | The assertion of ‘parental choice’ in schools is headed in disturbing directions 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z The design suffers from a pile-on of deficiencies — among them, a willful, warehouse blandness, limited egress and an extreme density that McFadden likens in his letter to parts of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Dear UC Santa Barbara: Don't let a petulant billionaire build a prison dorm on your campus 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z A distaste for blandness is what got Mr. Crippa into food in the first place. ‘Super Taster’ Who Lost Sense of Smell Is Helping Italians Regain It 2021-08-20T04:00:00Z However, the full-screen presentation’s visuals are overall murky and dim, especially with interior scenes mired in the blandness of browns and greens. Home theater movie reviews: ‘Wrath of Man’ (Blu-ray) and ‘Snatch’ (4K Ultra HD) 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z Businesses piped the syrupy genre into stores, offices and elevators — often with the dubious belief that its comforting blandness could motivate productivity or sales. Ethel Gabriel, trailblazing producer and executive at RCA Records, dies at 99 2021-04-12T04:00:00Z They were caught between two irreconcilable forces – their own culture of discretion, on one side, and intense, 24-hour scrutiny on the other – and they navigated that with a studied blandness. Now there’s no doubt Meghan and Harry had to leave 2021-03-08T05:00:00Z And after Octopath Traveler, which was developed by some of the same team and featured an ambitious multi-character narrative, this blandness is particularly disappointing. Bravely Default II is a classic RPG that feels a little too familiar 2021-02-25T05:00:00Z It’s a strange objection from someone who rails against the growing blandness of New York — the chain stores and suburban sensibilities, the colonization by the rich, the boring, the feloniously ahistoric. Everybody Loves Fran. But Why? 2021-01-22T05:00:00Z The other addition, the Shop tab, presents an underwhelming array of product posts in a way that mixes the confusion of a Pinterest page with the blandness of Google Shopping ads. The year Instagram became Facebook 2020-12-16T05:00:00Z She fretted about the blandness of the walls, fumbled with the plastic dividers covering name tags and arranged the individual yoga mats that replaced colorful carpets. Plastic Dividers and Masks All Day: What Teaching in a Pandemic Looks Like 2020-11-28T05:00:00Z In public, he exhibits a kind of punctilious blandness, with a voice that rarely rises above the dispassionate tone of a functionary behind the desk at a Department of Motor Vehicles office. Georgia’s Close Elections Sent Republicans After a Republican 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z The Musical was the sole nominee and he will win if at least 60% of Tony voters agree that the handsome blandness of his performance deserves it. The Tonys are finally coming! What do this year's nominations tell us? 2020-10-15T04:00:00Z After all of that filtering, water sometimes has an uninspiring blandness — even for water. Choosing the right water filtration system requires the right steps 2020-06-16T04:00:00Z But that seeming blandness disguised hours of drama in the skies as thunder pealed, and dark clouds often seemed to threaten deluge. Friday was the day before the solstice, and notable in its way 2020-06-19T04:00:00Z The accompanying profile, by Anna Pasternak, does mention Kate’s “aura of blandness”, but also praises her survival skills. 'Very Buckinghamshire': how 'society bible' Tatler fell out of royal favour 2020-06-01T04:00:00Z At the center of the neighborhood looms a gigantic honeycomb structure, a metal panopticon called, with perfect blandness, the Vessel. Hudson Yards Is Coming for Your Soul 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z The film’s vision of Florida is a mix of mid-’10s airspace blandness and timeless grunge — like the grim, lightless motel room where Derrek’s breakdown begins. Zola proves that a viral Twitter thread can make a great movie 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z "I just think for the health and sanity of future generations you need stuff like this or else everyone will go insane with blandness if it carries on." When Radiohead were just a 'shaky' pub band 2020-01-26T05:00:00Z They serve not as interactive platforms but tools of advertisement, brand activation and blandness. Phil Mickelson once tried to escape a traffic jam at a Guns n Roses concert by helicopter, according to Phil Mickelson - Golf Digest 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z College soccer is often criticized for blandness and uniformity. College Cup soccer: Georgetown outlasts Virginia in penalty kicks to win its first NCAA title 2019-12-15T05:00:00Z Instead, you need a mass-produced white sliced loaf that, in its milky blandness, will offer more cushioning texture than flavour. How to Eat: a crisp sandwich 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z “I think that’s the cool thing,” she says with scrupulous blandness, in reference to the wild response to the trailer, “because no one knows what to expect. It’s so exciting!” Jennifer Hudson: 'How do you be a cat? I sat with that for ever' 2019-11-30T05:00:00Z Billed as “Seared Country Natural Beef, Peppers, Onions, and smooth Garlic and Herb Cream Cheese on a Soft Roll,” it achieved a troubling blandness. New food for Seahawks fans: Our restaurant critics taste-test this season’s fresh offerings at CenturyLink Field 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z For years Darroch has blended into the background with a blandness as forgettable as Theresa May’s keynote speeches. Trump's spat with the UK reveals the bottomless depths of his insecurities | Richard Wolffe 2019-07-09T04:00:00Z In an industry of Midwestern blandness, both men stood apart. Lee Iacocca, father of the Ford Mustang who later rescued Chrysler, dies at 94 2019-07-02T04:00:00Z On the red carpet, he sees a creeping blandness. He's dressed Cher and Carol Burnett. But now Bob Mackie is finally getting his own star turn. 2019-06-05T04:00:00Z With a putty-pale sheet of lightly oiled dough stretched over the top of the bowl, it resembles an uncooked potpie, a broadcast of blandness. A Tibetan Momo Shop Expands with Lhasa Fresh Food 2019-05-10T04:00:00Z Polls show that Democrats want someone who is “electable,” but there is little agreement about what that term means, and also a justified impatience with its use as a euphemism for demographic blandness. Twenty Democrats Are Vying to Beat Trump. Can They Avoid Blowing It? 2019-04-28T04:00:00Z Without him, the current Dodgers exemplify proficient blandness, but, hey, they talk to reporters. Letters: Are you jumping on the Clippers bandwagon yet? 2019-04-19T04:00:00Z Monaghan is effectively cast because of her intelligent grit, but as depicted here, Judy Wood’s hard road to the 9th Circuit is also a path to the ninth circle of biopic blandness. Review: ‘Saint Judy’ fails to live up to real-life drama 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z After his father essentially abandons them, Oseland and his mother find themselves in an apartment in San Carlos, a suburb halfway between San Jose and San Francisco where the blandness is toxic. Former Saveur editor James Oseland found punk-rock salvation in 1970s San Francisco 2019-02-05T05:00:00Z But all the good intentions in the world cannot rescue “The Upside” from either its terminal blandness or its clumsy timing. Review: ‘The Upside,’ with Kevin Hart and Bryan Cranston, is a downside for all involved 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z He seems to cultivate this blandness of affect to convey that he deals in facts, eschews drama, and tells the truth. Adam Schiff’s Plans to Obliterate Trump’s Red Line 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z There’s also the mystery of where Grace came from, which when answered, arrives as a warmed-over sci-fi twist the way too much salt overcompensates for a meal whose blandness is baked in. Review: ‘I Think We’re Alone Now’ stumbles its way along a post-apocalyptic world 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z Enter the new, rule-breaking suit, one that conveys all the professionalism of past iterations, with none of their blandness or outdated machismo. The New Power Suit for Women: It’s Not About Fitting In 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z And there is Beijing’s model, which prioritizes national sovereignty, order and blandness. Opinion | Mark Zuckerberg, give up on China before you embarrass yourself even more 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z Yet while the Elizabeth line may be a triumph of engineering, the initial photographs suggest architectural blandness. Uniformity is the watchword for the new Elizabeth line 2018-07-27T04:00:00Z Lloyd used to hang out at Timmies as a teenager and once even worked at one, but believes the blandness of the brand reflects badly on what it means to be Canadian. What happened to Tim Hortons? The downfall of Canada's brand 2018-07-09T04:00:00Z Now, this celebration of niceness is, I hasten to add, not a plea for blandness. Roger Federer: the more we love him, the nicer he becomes | Geoff Dyer 2018-06-23T04:00:00Z Ironically, the film is conspicuous not for its brio but for its blandness. Review | Paul Rudd plays a Jewish baseball player who becomes a spy — and yes, he is a real person 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z “I can already taste the blandness of the food,” another reviewer, also listed as being from Houston, opined shortly thereafter. Ayesha Curry’s restaurant in Houston is getting one-star reviews. It hasn’t opened yet. 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z Perez has somehow managed to mix a certain blandness with an ability to offend. The Democratic party is in a murky mess | Ross Barkan 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z Which makes Switzerland’s wickedly humorous pavilion — devoted to the universal blandness of the contemporary home — a welcome respite from all the over-complicated high mindedness. Eight of the most intriguing national pavilions to see at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2018-06-02T04:00:00Z Unless her oeuvre is being reduced to flower crowns in gift shops, symbolic of pop culture repackaging feminism into sugary blandness? Totally Mexico: how fashion stole Frida Kahlo 2018-03-20T04:00:00Z There’s a certain blandness to the characters, particularly the younger ones, which is true of the book as well. ‘A Wrinkle in Time’ has pleasures for grown-ups but is, at heart, a Disney children’s movie 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z The building’s blandness, I learned, is no accident: Colors are best viewed in a neutral environment in which their essence can be more easily seen. What Is the Perfect Color Worth? 2018-02-28T05:00:00Z When I asked Ms. Glickman if she was at all disappointed by Franklin’s relative blandness, she laughed at the very thought. Opinion | Guess Who’s Coming to ‘Peanuts’ 2018-01-13T05:00:00Z Vivas is especially successful at turning the blandness of an upscale suburb into a blank canvas for mayhem. Horror remake 'Inside' maintains chills 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z Marriott, meanwhile, suffered not necessarily from bad taste but a sort of baseline blandness. Can Marriott Keep Starwood’s Culture of Cool, and Its Customers? 2017-12-09T05:00:00Z Surely Washington’s abiding blandness helped to push these heroic weirdos toward their respective edges, right? Keep Washington weird! Go see the Root Boy Slim All Stars. 2017-08-23T04:00:00Z Topped with grated coconut and dipped in coconut milk, they have a comforting blandness that stands out amid so many scorching flavors. Spread the word about the great South Indian flavors at Kathakali in Kirkland 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z All jokes aside by Mr. Rock, isn't blandness here a subtle and ingenious triumph? Opinion | Guess Who’s Coming to ‘Peanuts’ 2018-01-13T05:00:00Z It’s gloriously funny – Edmund’s mother Lady Bertram with her pug, for example, is a marvellous study of indolence and benign blandness – and tender and thrilling. Which is the greatest Jane Austen novel? 2017-07-15T04:00:00Z For all the heat the movie business takes, often rightly, about serving up homogenized blandness, the Hollywood hive mind in this franchise era stills wants independent voices. The 'Star Wars'-Lord & Miller battle: Can Big Hollywood make peace with auteurs? 2017-06-21T04:00:00Z In a game often knocked for its blandness, DeChambeau was a welcomed splash of color. Bryson DeChambeau is no longer golf's next big thing. But only a fool would bet against him - Golf Digest 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z Some of the neighborhood names, like Plantation North, hinted at the tumult of Southern history, though most — Edgewater, Carriage Park — strove for a more ahistoric blandness. Feeling the Winds of Change in a G.O.P. Bastion Outside Atlanta 2017-05-03T04:00:00Z She possessed charm and a biting wit, “which nicely complements her husband’s habitual blandness in manner,” the New Yorker magazine commented in 1965. David Rockefeller Sr., steward of family fortune and Chase Manhattan Bank, dies at 101 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z The ordinary blandness of life is a blessing! Is This Hygge? 2017-02-05T05:00:00Z The blandness of the language intensifies the awfulness of the scene—a device that recalls Goya’s dry captions on his “Disasters of War” series. The Enigmatic Art of Raymond Pettibon 2017-02-05T05:00:00Z The downside relates to a common criticism for caterers: a tendency in the direction of blandness. Catering company turns cafe, with incredible prices 2017-02-03T05:00:00Z This vague and arbitrarily enforced law, if such it can be called, chills speech by encouraging blandness. This government office is trying to shut down nasty and naughty names 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z “We don’t need blandness, we need exuberance in our landscape.” Iconic Del Mar tower to be razed 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z Reading it, you sense that this might work better on television, with lavish costumes and sets filling out the blandness of the language — and that the story ends just as Victoria’s life is beginning. Two new books on ‘Victoria,’ queen of all she surveyed 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z Quite often, when I was talking to Syrians in Lebanon, they would grumble about the inferiority of Lebanese vegetables, the blandness of the imported Australian lamb and the lack of variety of the restaurant food. Remembrance of tastes past: Syria’s disappearing food culture | Wendell Steavenson 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z When you first sip sullungtang, you may recoil at its blandness until somebody remembers to tell you that you are supposed to add sea salt and chopped scallions from canisters on the table. If you're looking for steaming hot Korean broth, Sun Nong Dan is the place to go 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z Phrases are thrown out from the line with such repetitive frequency that they take on the blandness of cliches. Inside a Donald Trump rally: good people in a feedback loop of paranoia and hate 2016-10-30T04:00:00Z Banish blandness with these recommendations for places using spices with special nuance and spots that’ll set your mouth on fire. Where to eat great spicy food in Seattle and on the Eastside 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z “There’s an interesting blandness to him in the same way that Jimmy Stewart might’ve been considered bland,” Stone said. Edward Snowden’s Long, Strange Journey to Hollywood 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z And the GOP platform was going to include a statement reaffirming this line, but it was watered down to blandness on the insistence of Trump representatives. The Siberian candidate 2016-07-24T04:00:00Z There is broad agreement among Republicans close to Mr. Trump that Mr. Pence is the lowest-risk option still under consideration — a conventional selection whose greatest weakness might be the blandness of his political profile. Mike Pence Takes Turn Auditioning for Role as Donald Trump’s Running Mate 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z A: The one thing that stuck in my mind was a sort of fetal blandness … they have lost their individuality. Q&A: Justin Cronin, author of best-selling ‘City of Mirrors’ 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z Many humorists lament the blandness of present-day politicians like the emollient Prime Minister David Cameron. Make 'em laugh: Humorists see funny side of UK's EU debate 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z "All I was going to say to you is that there's a blandness to you that seems to be your trademark, and isn't that wonderful?" NBC tries for a little (more) variety with 'Maya & Marty' 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z But some on social media did not get what the excitement was about, saying they preferred other chains or complaining about the blandness of global brands. Will Starbucks be a hit in South Africa? - BBC News 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z That thankfully changed in the 1990s, probably because of the impact of aggressively political rap, which had become hugely popular among white male teenagers trapped in the blandness and materialism of suburban shopping-mall culture. Camille Paglia’s history of music: The politics and poetry of Bob Dylan, Marvin Gaye and hip-hop 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z In the past, this tended to produce programming of surpassing blandness, reducing the risk that any potential viewers might be offended and thus turn off the set. Les Moonves, CBS, and Trump: Is TV's business model killing democracy? 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z But blandness in public should not be mistaken for blandness of character, and there are signs that she is beginning to emerge from the passive role she has been playing. Who is the real Melania Trump and what kind of first lady would she be? 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z They obstruct all needless distraction and any attempt to get them to say something revealing with blandness. Tom Brady and Peyton Manning: a peerless club of two 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z Sixties' styles began the proceedings soberly enough — what the designers humorously called "existential blandness." Icy winds, empty seats define the first day of Paris Fashion Week menswear shows _ but Native American patterns on retro coats from Valentino are divine 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z In this light, Benson’s text is a big improvement, its blandness a mark in its favor. Sing a Song of England 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z At first, the filmmakers seem to be wittily illustrating Michael’s own narcissism, with everyone who’s not him taking on the same generic blandness. ‘Anomalisa’ contemplates desire, love and loneliness, by way of puppets 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z Are the obsolete snowflake decorations of today’s un-wintery, wet, warm Christmas now merely a race memory of the days when we had definable seasons, rather than just climatic blandness interrupted by catastrophes? Out of the mouths of babes, real religious truth | Stewart Lee 2016-01-03T05:00:00Z With the help of a few of the clients’ 19th-century antiques, she relied on juxtaposition, not blandness, to achieve gender neutrality: Rough-hewed pine offsets delicate Provençal bedding; a dainty desk supports heavy carved lamps. Homey Hospitality: Lessons from Luxury Hotel Rooms 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z United arrive in Wolfsburg after an anaemic run of five goalless draws in nine games, scoring seven times in the last 10 matches, and chastened by accusations of repetitive blandness. Manchester United out to avoid Champions League anniversary repeat 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z Ashley: Although English Muffins might be the most basic bread, I appreciate that Bread Face adds some flare to its blandness with major tropical flowers. Woman owns 12 of the best shirts in history, brags with short videos 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z When sugary food originally meant for children becomes an overpriced fetish that rich people line up to pay for, beware: your city is about to get its newly-acquired blandness explained by terms like extreme-gentrification. The way to kill a complex city is to chase out all the poor people – and their food | Samantha Gillison 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z The contrasting blandness sank him that much more. The Walker Implosion 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z But there’s still an unshakably inert blandness to his presence. Review: The Man From UNCLE is a star vehicle without the stars 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z Golf, as a whole, has occasionally been accused of blandness. Could golf host its own All-Star event? A modest (actually, not so modest) proposal : The Loop 2013-10-16T04:00:00Z Rainbow-hued “Just Be You” messages have been flashing across Chase A.T.M. screens in honor of Pride month, conveying acceptance but also corporate blandness. Gay Culture’s Outsider Element Fades as Marriage Rights Arrive 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z Last year’s Google I/O featured the two first Android Wear watches, the LG G Watch and Samsung Gear Live, which were the very definition of mass-produced blandness. Innovative smartphone design isn’t dead, it’s just taking a really long nap 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z The sporty, inexpensive vehicles sit high, are easy to drive, and offer a quirky alternative to the blandness of an Accord or Camry. Jeep Renegade Trailhawk looks comical but is serious fun off-road 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z “Well, the old buildings taught us what blandness achieves. Time tends to side with daring and flourish, especially in museum buildings because it makes them lovable.” LACMA’s 50 years on Miracle Mile 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z Are Easter eggs a relic from a golden age of programming amateurism, a poignant remnant a loss of innocence, in computing's shift from hackerish quirkiness to corporate blandness? Scotched eggs: Is this the death of the Easter egg? 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z Chicago does not embrace blandness in its mayors. Rahm Emanuel Shows His Softer Side in Chicago Mayoral Runoff 2015-03-30T04:00:00Z Under this kind of pressure, blandness emerges as a traumatized truce, a colorless pact that holds the personal and historical present together at the cost of a sinful amnesia. Kazuo Ishiguro’s Folly 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z Joy will be his weapon against who accuse him of ideological weakness, hereditary entitlement or establishment blandness. Jeb Bush Bets on a Sunshine State of Mind 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z The blandness may more broadly be explained by the fact that Edith’s picture is a rare attempt to see and understand her. See How Egon Schiele Cast Portraiture In His Own Image At This Exhilarating Neue Galerie Art Exhibit 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z Look at that lot, and the blandness is one of three themes that emerge in defining the vehicles that depend so heavily on the rental market. You Can Rent Whatever You Want, as Long as It’s an Impala 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z As for Murray and future pronouncements on non-tennis matters, he will now return to blandness. Andy Murray delivers a rare double: defended and reviled over Scotland 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z At the same time, McConnell has used social media to soften his image and make light of his blandness. Selling Mitch McConnell: What's love got to do with it? 2014-09-21T04:00:00Z But one thing is certain, the Risk Everything campaign embodies something unique, something special and invariably lost when institutions become so large that the generic blandness of its commercial bureaucracy chokes off creativity and originality. Nike Is Dominating The World Cup -- Here's Why 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z “The blandness of the portrait is a character reading,” she writes. See How Egon Schiele Cast Portraiture In His Own Image At This Exhilarating Neue Galerie Art Exhibit 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z Theron carries almost all the weight here, given her partner’s unexpected blandness, which makes it vaguely insulting when the third act turns her into a helpless damsel in need of his rescue. Review: ‘Million Ways’ is Seth’s take on Western 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z He was hired to provide thought-provoking insights, not middle-of-the-road blandness, so let's let him get on with doing just that. Talking Points 2013-12-03T05:00:00Z As growers are paid by the pound, a better-tasting but less productive tomato holds little economic appeal, and thus was the supermarket tomato doomed to blandness. Tomatoes Ripe for Improvement 2013-08-26T19:20:43Z If blandness isn’t a tenet of Mexican food, why would it be good on a Mexican fast food joint’s Twitter feed?” Chipotle's Foot-Long Faux Pas 2013-07-25T16:20:00Z Nonetheless, the mere blandness itself — tuned by multitudinous flaks and attorneys — is always a red flag. Outrage As Rocket Fuel 2013-07-24T14:59:00Z For the Yankees, the blandness of their ragtag third base crew may be a welcome change from the distractions that Rodriguez presents. Keeping Score: Rodriguez They’re Not 2013-07-20T18:06:14Z Historically, those who had the means fled the urban buzz and inner-city slums, feeding the image of safe blandness in the 'burbs. Why are suburbs seen as boring? 2013-07-16T08:56:05Z There is just so much more to them than the alternative - the smooth black blandness of asphalt. The uneven charm of Rome's cobblestones 2013-05-23T23:43:52Z "There's a lot of blandness in the industry these days," he said. Game developers update old hits 2012-10-11T23:05:31Z It is a contemporary malaise to avoid things that require effort but are rewarding in favour of gains in convenience that come at the price of blandness and loss of variety. How travel limits our minds 2012-09-30T19:00:04Z In a field of loons and crazies, Pawlenty’s biggest drawback was merely his extraordinary blandness. Tim Pawlenty jumps ship 2012-09-20T16:31:00Z “Thank you invisible man in the chair for that,” he says, and then asks people to refer to him as #sexyface, and excuses Rahm’s blandness. What You Missed While Not Watching the First Night of the Democratic Convention 2012-09-05T10:05:22Z For too long, what we have had is like listening to the kind of chummy blandness you might hear down the local Rotary Club, near to closing time. Thoroughbred Michael Owen in danger of being put out to grass 2012-08-18T10:00:01Z But beauty won't save the pinyon jay nor will blandness work against its cousin when climate change raises temperatures and alters bird habitats in the southwestern United States, according to research sponsored by the U.S. Climate Change May Shift Composition of U.S. Bird Species 2012-08-09T19:15:00.180Z Wasn't it great, his fan club said, to find someone who saw blandness as his enemy? Joey Barton's latest act of violence proves he is no renaissance man 2012-05-19T21:50:01Z It was opened by the Lord High Commissioner of Her Majesty, with unusual pomp, blandness, and hypocrisy. Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland 2012-03-12T03:00:20.310Z The banker's face was grave, but his tone retained its usual blandness. Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z "I would like you to see my elder daughter," the Vicomte resumed with treacherous blandness. The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z And simultaneously Miss Sibson rose, with a mixture of dignity and blandness, to receive Arthur Vaughan. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z There are brilliant approaches sprinkled through-out conventional sessions which lean, in fact lounge, in blandness. Dot Earth Blog: A Young Green Innovator Turning Fungi into Jobs Muses on the Path to Breakthroughs 2012-02-14T17:24:17Z She seemed nervous and excited, and something in her appearance aroused my suspicion, notwithstanding her blandness of manner and lady-like deportment. Nurse and Spy in the Union Army The Adventures and Experiences of a Woman in Hospitals, Camps, and Battle-Fields 2012-01-07T03:00:15.907Z The default to blandness is a lost opportunity. Gates Global Aims Played Down in Design of $500 Million Campus 2011-12-29T08:34:40Z But those running his campaign felt that his prose tended to accentuate Romney’s blandness and wasn’t a good use of his time. Building a Better Mitt Romney-Bot 2011-11-30T09:57:00Z Give the Lions credit for helping boost the anticipation for this year's Thanksgiving games, because they sure deserve a lot of the blame for the holiday's NFL blandness of late. This year's Thanksgiving NFL slate best in decades 2011-11-22T20:40:13Z Give the Lions credit for helping boost the anticipation for this year’s Thanksgiving games, because they sure deserve a lot of the blame for the holiday’s NFL blandness of late. FENDRICH ON FOOTBALL: Lions-Packers, Dolphins-Cowboys, 49ers-Ravens make for great NFL day 2011-11-22T20:39:07Z They had lately made the voyage from New York in his company, and he was clearly a person who would shine at sea with an almost intolerable blandness. Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales 2011-10-06T02:00:37.063Z If he had, he probably would only have seen the same mask of polite blandness which the Cardinal usually wore. The Tangled Skein 2011-09-21T02:00:29.687Z His features were large, but handsome; and there was a kind of youthful blandness about them which gave his face a most agreeable expression in ordinary. Lost Sir Massingberd, v. 1/2 A Romance of Real Life 2011-08-25T02:00:34.720Z Perhaps this blandness in my soul was a way of coping with adversity, for if I had little passion from the outset, no ill tidings could evoke a particularly heated or irrational reaction. Through these Eyes The courageous struggle to find meaning in a life stressed with cancer 2011-08-14T02:00:18.947Z To those of a certain age it remains perplexing that nearly all football grounds are so calm and well-ordered now that an accusation of blandness is the main charge to be levelled against them. Wembley becomes a refuge from riots in a world turned on its head 2011-08-09T17:50:38Z A good photographer will always somehow "elevate" his subjects, whereas this reduces the subjects to blandness. Shooting cowboys 2011-08-03T07:58:21Z She presided over her household with a fidelity, a blandness, a kindness, steady as the current of a river, and unruffled as a lake in the calmest day. Biography of Rev. Hosea Ballou 2011-08-04T02:00:22.900Z “Oh, it’s very easy to talk,” said Mr Perowne, whose previous night’s blandness seemed to be quite gone, to leave a weak, querulous childishness in its place. One Maid's Mischief 2011-07-15T02:00:22.283Z Oh, the old fox, with all his blandness and soft sawder! The Red Derelict 2011-07-05T02:00:30.143Z As if there was ever a Celestial who, for all his childlikeness and blandness, was not very wide-awake indeed! Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 93., October 1, 1887 2011-06-29T02:00:26.507Z The blandness and suavity seemed to have left it. A Butterfly on the Wheel 2011-06-21T02:00:24.683Z The childlike blandness of his expression was all Hazel needed to help her throw off the painful restraint that was fast overwhelming her. The Son of his Father 2011-06-01T02:00:21.287Z He possessed such peculiar blandness, free from haughty and unkind feeling, that he was always regarded with something more than the common courtesy of life. Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 2011-05-25T02:00:19.650Z He is willing to write a whole essay in criticism for the sake of the “insinuations” which his deceitful blandness will sheathe. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z The under butler all blandness and honied words. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 369, July 1846 2011-04-29T02:00:09.217Z Sir William called them, and with his customary blandness, scooped the pool. First Person Paramount 2011-04-07T02:00:19.233Z But the rice needed better seasoning, and its blandness left both the plain and the many fancy rolls somewhat dull. | Chappaqua: A Menu That Covers a Lot of Asian Territory 2011-03-27T00:09:42Z It was a flattering, a euphemistic art; it had a sort of pervasive blandness, like that which we now associate with a fashionable sermon. Three Philosophical Poets Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe 2011-03-20T02:00:33.357Z An unreliable surface means that the blandness of the England attack can be disguised. Tenacious England live to fight another day at the Cricket World Cup 2011-03-19T16:45:21Z If there was a way to associate that with City's perceived blandness, he was not going to pass it up. Roberto Mancini: Manchester City will show we are not a negative side 2011-02-11T22:30:01Z She looked at him smilingly as she repeated the verse of that old song which told of the all-powerful enchanting rod, but the young engineer's manner did not soften, in spite of all her blandness. 'Clear the Track' A Story of To-day 2011-02-09T03:00:49.283Z AOL remains a generic blandness factory when it comes to journalism. AOL HuffPo buy signals news, ads push 2011-02-08T00:14:00Z If Mr. Merl was an emblem of blandness and good temper at the play-table, courteous and conceding at every incident of the game, it was upon the very wise calculation that the politeness was profitable. The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:20.520Z Ryan had the benefit of getting a preview of the Obama's speech, but that doesn't help his essential midwestern blandness. State of the Union 2011 liveblog 2011-01-26T01:01:00Z Due to the blandness of their performance against Leeds United in the FA Cup, they face a replay at Elland Road. Ipswich Town 1-0 Arsenal 2011-01-12T21:56:24Z The Host, conversing every second with exaggerated blandness about the squirrels in Central Park, was striving frantically all the while with a desperately surreptitious, itchy gesture to signal to his mate. The Sick-a-Bed Lady And Also Hickory Dock, The Very Tired Girl, The Happy-Day, Something That Happened in October, The Amateur Lover, Heart of The City, The Pink Sash, Woman's Only Business 2011-01-04T03:01:00.723Z The court building, a concrete pile of 20th-century blandness, would never be mistaken for some graceful old palace of justice. Reporter?s Notebook: In Court, Echoes and Ghosts 2010-09-18T16:46:00Z Between its blandness and the elided space between "Park" and "51," it sounds more like the name of a luxury condo development than a cultural center or place of worship. A Guide to the Many Names for the Ground Zero Mosque 2010-08-17T15:00:00Z But it is also a measure of how skilled operatives have become at managing the process -- and choosing nominees who are notable in part for their political blandness. As Kagan confirmation hearings begin, Republicans struggle for line of attack 2010-06-28T04:00:00Z Surely it's precisely that sort of local culture that proves globalisation hasn't reduced everywhere to the same level of mediocre blandness just yet. Relive the World Cup opening ceremony 2010-06-11T11:29:00Z Liverpool's blandness was wholly consistent with a weak campaign and also reflected recent events. Liverpool 0-2 Chelsea 2010-05-02T14:30:00Z "I have often wondered how you and dear old Ormstork were getting on;" she remarked with self-possessed blandness. A Poached Peerage And I added, with perhaps unnecessary blandness, "I'm warm enough." The Jonathan Papers This son received a good academical education and was greatly admired for industry, correct deportment and blandness of manners. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution One cannot, however, eat a person's rusks without assuming a certain amount of subsequent blandness; so I did my best to behave nicely. The Adventures of Elizabeth in Rügen "Yes; I know," Mrs. Waterlow pursued, still with the genial blandness. The Nest, The White Pagoda, The Suicide, A Forsaken Temple, Miss Jones and The Masterpiece "Anything wrong?" he inquired, with what was, under the circumstances, an irritating blandness. A Poached Peerage Even after he was gone the feeling that some motive was behind the Prussian's blandness remained. The Guns of Europe Moreover, its customary rumble had left the inspector's voice which had flowed, Garth had remarked, with a conciliatory blandness. The Gray Mask She exhaled, with the swell of her fine person, a comparative blandness—seemed to play with the idea of a smile. The Sacred Fount Then his eyes fell, and his tones changed to blandness once more. Two Wyoming Girls and Their Homestead Claim A Story for Girls There is a gift of blandness and briskness in the very breathing of the air. Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. II) Robert's feelings of annoyance gave way to gratification at Mr. A——'s blandness, which, however, had a slight acid behind. Cedar Creek From the Shanty to the Settlement "Oh no," said the princess with equal blandness; "I have no fears about him." The Benefactress Presently he spoke to them as he would have spoken to his Sunday-school classes at home, earnestly and very simply, with none of the condescending blandness of the elder. Kildares of Storm He gazed with mildness, almost with blandness, upon the enchantress, as if some prodigy of nature overtopping all human power of comment had taken place before him. Tante Her blandness, in other words, was not mere policy—he wasn't dangerous enough for policy; it was the result, he could see, of her fairly liking him a little. The Wings of the Dove, Volume 1 of 2 “You’ve kind o’ struck it,” he said, as he looked at the digger with a blandness which could not have been equalled. The Tale of Timber Town There were motives now, behind that smile, that softness; motives behind the flattery of Augustine, the blandness towards Sir Hugh, the visit to herself. Amabel Channice "Not a great deal, Miss Faith," said the Squire, with a blandness on one side of his face which but poorly set off the other. Say and Seal, Volume I "Who is the gentleman we accost politely?" he asked, very blandly, but behind this blandness of Cocardasse’s there was something menacing to those that knew him well. The Duke's Motto A Melodrama As for Mr Leeson, who came in as usual just in time for dinner, having heard of Mr Proctor's arrival, she treated him with a blandness which alarmed the Curate. The Perpetual Curate He turned to her with all the blandness possible under the circumstances, and gave her an order which would call for her presence down-stairs. Theo A Sprightly Love Story She answered with exceeding blandness: "But, you see, Miss Johnson, there's already a motion before the house." Making People Happy "You wish to stay here, my dear children," he replied in a tone of childlike blandness. The Corsair King He received them with great blandness and dignity. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 347, September, 1844 With benevolent blandness he accorded me full permission to go where I liked, and say anything I chose, recommending me warmly to depart immediately. Baboo Jabberjee, B.A. "When I am in safety I will see to it," said Caligula with sudden blandness, "thou saidst it thyself there is no time to lose." "Unto Caesar" With his usual conciliatory blandness, Bonaparte next proposed to the senate a treaty of alliance, offensive and defensive. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. I. (of IV.) Wetter suddenly assumed an air of great dignity and blandness. The King's Mirror Mrs. Percival beamed down at him and gave his head an affectionate pat, and the son glanced up with a blandness that might easily have become a smirk. Jewel Weed "Laiage," I said, pausing in the narrative, "did you make that smile bland simply because you knew your history or was its blandness part of the tactics, 'Balm and haughty in her presence?'" Lalage's Lovers When George, the African Butler, an imposing personage of almost unnatural blandness, a few moments later announced dinner as served, to Arethusa's view he appeared to be dressed for the Party also. The Heart of Arethusa She threw into her smile all the blandness her sex alone can command. The Heart of Unaga Besides,” he continued with annoying blandness of tone, “it would be inhospitable; and I am too glad of his company.” Eric, or Little by Little It was one of the few times I have seen the colossal blandness of van Manderpootz ruffled. The Ideal For two weeks past, there has been a blandness and mellowness in the atmosphere, which was enough to cause the moodiest heart to sing for joy. Old Mackinaw The Fortress of the Lakes and its Surroundings Lord Theign, confessedly and amiably interested, had accepted these intimations—yet with the very blandness that was not accessible to hustling and was never forgetful of its standing privilege of criticism. The Outcry The urbanity of manner and blandness of expression increased as he returned the salutation. Twice Bought In this combination there is an absence of versatility, of blandness, agreeableness, sympathy and warmth. How to Become Rich A Treatise on Phrenology, Choice of Professions and Matrimony Her natural good temper, and blandness of manner, soon put him again at his ease, and his love-speeches flowed as fluently as ever. Rattlin the Reefer Miss Grayson received her change and her packages and turned to go away, when she was interrupted by the Secretary, with no expression whatever showing through his blandness and his smiles. Before the Dawn A Story of the Fall of Richmond “I lay they come out again,” said Big James, with grim blandness. Clayhanger She was all smiles and blandness, but a gasp of dismay sounded through the room, as if a private interview in the Head Girl’s study was no light thing to contemplate. Tom and Some Other Girls A Public School Story Within a few hours, their phlegmatic blandness had begun to pass. The Status Civilization "Oh, yes, you will," and he smiled with a blandness that was maddening. A Little Girl in Old Detroit Her blandness was beyond all baiting; she professed she could be as still as a mouse. The Tragic Muse Big James commented, with an ever intensified blandness. Clayhanger Clement answered; and as he said it, the thought stung through him that this was the very stone which was to have worn the pleasant blandness of pretty Susan's guileless countenance. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 118, August, 1867 It glided on its way almost with a certain blandness. The Way of Ambition The beauty of heaven lay around him, and all its blandness breathed through him. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life One could not have quarreled with the sentiment, but its blandness conveyed an exasperating disbelief. Flood Tide Big James was in his best clothes, and seemed, with his indestructible blandness, to be perfectly happy. Clayhanger He stared, courteously blank, and something in her was pleased to observe that he looked silly with his affectation of blandness. Franklin Kane The demoiselles Cockayne "fell a giggling" to cover their confusion; and the party would have made a ridiculous figure before all the boarders, had not the Reverend Horace Mohun covered them with his blandness. The Cockaynes in Paris Or 'Gone abroad' There was at once a warmth, a blandness and a child-like simplicity of manners, which made him the idol of every heart. Gifts of Genius A Miscellany of Prose and Poetry by American Authors “I suppose you'd like to hear about your cousin's wedding that I went to this afternoon,” said she, with a blandness that had a covert meaning to the other women, who listened eagerly. Jane Field A Novel Do you know the dulcet strength, the animating blandness of tea sufficiently blended with real farmhouse cream? Scenes of Clerical Life "Don't mention it," said I, with an assumption of blandness which I did not feel. Arms and the Woman Veronese is not a great favourite of mine; but there is a blandness and aristocratic ease and mastery here that are irresistible. A Wanderer in Venice The blondness of her—ashen-dead fairness of hair and pale skin with those pellucid eyes beneath dust-brown brows—all united in an effort of innocence that surpassed itself and became the blandness of a doll. Secret Bread "Would it be satisfactory to the citizens if I pulled my wallet and settled the damage?" inquired the first selectman, with baleful blandness in his tones. The Skipper and the Skipped Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul Nanny appeared, looking very red and heated—the fact was, she had been 'doing up' the kitchen fire, and that is a sort of work which by no means conduces to blandness of temper. Scenes of Clerical Life Suppose she hadn't been in it long enough for her to have become fixed in blandness? The Enchanted April "You know them then?" inquired the other with unusual blandness. Marietta A Maid of Venice "Lucy," said he, with as much blandness of manner as he could assume, "I have sent for you to say that you are called upon to make your father happy at last." The Black Baronet; or, The Chronicles Of Ballytrain The Works of William Carleton, Volume One Their blandness and kindness cannot fail to make the poor man feel happier and better. A Review of Uncle Tom's Cabin or, An Essay on Slavery The faintest, fleeting suspicion of a frown troubled the Brahminical calm of Mr. Greenough's brow, only to pass into unwrinkled blandness. Success A Novel She hit at it, and it eluded her without fuss or effort and with an almost visible blandness, and she had only hit herself. The Enchanted April Yes, greatly so; and I cannot help remarking with what blandness and composure you witnessed the outrage. Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale) (2nd ed.) (2 vols.) Edited with notes and Introductory Account of her life and writings The day was over and Madame's blandness was convincing evidence of her satisfaction. Life and Gabriella The Story of a Woman's Courage But Mr. Lowther soon recovered himself, smiled with his usual blandness, and once more dropped the hood over his inner nature. Sketches in the House (1893) A blandness amounting to blandeur, as grandness in the highest degree becomes grandeur. Success A Novel He had sloughed off some of the too polished blandness of his manner, and now offered a simpler meeting ground of naturalness and kindliness. Queed A smile of luxurious blandness spreads over the face of the young man. Walking-Stick Papers Its insinuating blandness ruffled our Jehu, who opined that his horses were all right, and that he could look after their comfort without any assistance. A Woman's Impression of the Philippines "I mean," he replied with diabolical blandness, "that this lady is my wife, and will from this time take charge of this establishment." Strange Visitors With what blandness and placidity they sit and hear the religious teacher excoriate the ambition of Ahab, the treachery of Judas, the treason of Athaliah, and the wickedness of the Amalekites. The Abominations of Modern Society "It was, nephew," said Si, with equal blandness. The Matador of the Five Towns and Other Stories Composing a dignified smile, she said with reproving blandness— "I am not in the habit of forgetting where I put valuables, Rachel." The Price of Love "What's amiss, lad?" he inquired, with a certain blandness of satisfaction. Helen with the High Hand (2nd ed.) "I think I will take it," said Mr. Prohack with undiminished blandness. Mr. Prohack "I would," said Edward Henry with a blandness that was only skin-deep. The Regent The commercial blandness," he wrote, "with which people talk of Hamlet's 'plain duty' makes one wonder if they recognize such a thing as plain morality. Old and New Masters The movement had no blandness in its solemnity; and so still and shiftless was the grouping of the harmonies, that a frigidity, actual as well as ideal, passed over my pores and hushed my pulses. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 56, June, 1862 As little would any one, looking at the blandness of Vick's profile, as she slumbers on the window-seat in the sun, conjecture of her master-passion for the calves of strangers' legs. Nancy You must excuse me, my dear," she said, with hypocritical blandness, "but--but--it is simply unaccountable to me, knowing what I do about the family and their future plans for Sir William. Virgie's Inheritance And then he took a long breath, and tapping at the window, shouted with stentorian blandness: 'Boh!' Martin Chuzzlewit It was, therefore, with his accustomed blandness of manner that he presently acknowledged the greeting of George Demarest, the chief of the legal staff that looked after the firm's affairs. Within the Law The comic gentleman was all smiles and blandness—he had composed a duet, expressly for the occasion, and Miss Martin should sing it with him. Sketches by Boz, illustrative of everyday life and every-day people One afternoon in May, the blandness of the air, and brightness of the verdure, induced us to assemble, earlier than usual, in the temple. Wieland: or, the Transformation, an American Tale Mr. Eldridge hemmed, looked embarrassed, and remarked with all the blandness he could assume: "Really, Mrs. ----, madam, I regret to pain you, and it might be as well to avoid explanations." Virgie's Inheritance To these interrogations Mr. Bumble returned very brief and snappish replies; for the temporary blandness which gin-and-water awakens in some bosoms had by this time evaporated; and he was once again a beadle. Oliver Twist No; by the way," Pitt continued with increased blandness, "it was about blood you were talking, and the personal advantages which people derive from patrician birth. Vanity Fair There were the familiar nondescript features, the blandness, the plumpness, but all, so to speak, in ruins. Mr. Standfast The young man spoke so immensely to the point that the effect was practically of positive blandness. The Ambassadors "I always knew this would happen," he said aloud with brazen blandness. The Innocence of Father Brown Apple sauce or baked apples are usually served with roast pork for this purpose, while sour sauces or pickles of some description are served with fish to relieve its blandness. Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 5: Fruit and Fruit Desserts; Canning and Drying; Jelly Making, Preserving and Pickling; Confections; Beverages; the Planning of Meals He swore bitterly, if privately and with a countenance of child-like blandness, as he sipped the coffee and finished his cigarette. The Lone Wolf A Melodrama "Cheated and tricked are hard words, my dear Val," said the Captain, with delightful blandness. Charlotte's Inheritance Perhaps the blandness of the expression belonged as much to the season and hour, as to the habitual character of the man. The Wept of Wish-Ton-Wish "How much?" said the clerk, with the same blandness. Cord and Creese To the blandness of his smile, as he proceeded in his unabashed recital, succeeded a pained expression. In and out of Three Normady Inns They might have said all this aloud, and yet the churchman would have gone on, as he did, where he left off, with unaltered blandness of tone. Hereward, the Last of the English He seemed to have found the country a gigantic joke, and his blandness went but so far as to allow that jokes on that scale are indeed inexhaustible. Madame De Mauves The Duchess on the other hand seemed, with becoming blandness, to draw from her niece the dignity of a kind of office of state—hereditary governess of the children of the blood. The Awkward Age Meanwhile the moral atmosphere of the hotel was of a blandness which would have gone far to content us with any meteorological perversity. Familiar Spanish Travels They literally never washed, except by accident, and handled food and filth alternately with a child-like blandness. Tramping Through Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras — Being the Random Notes of an Incurable Vagabond But all she said was—and she said it with a sort of venomous blandness—"My dear boy, you can't paint." From a Bench in Our Square "Of what?" asked the Southerner, with a blandness that added fuel to Peabody's irritation. A Gentleman from Mississippi His blandness had all vanished, his grey eyes were as hard as steel. The Cinema Murder Fernando did not like the Englishman, for, with all his blandness, he thought he could observe a pompous air and self-consciousness of superiority, disgusting to sensible persons. Sustained honor The Age of Liberty Established "My command to go comes from your superior, sir," said Baldos, with irritating blandness. Beverly of Graustark “They have a little money of their own, have they not?” inquired Mrs. Ingham-Baker, with the soft blandness of one for whom money has absolutely no attraction. The Grey Lady He adjusted his monocle and stared with a vacuous blandness well calculated to madden his friend. Out of the Primitive "My good woman," said I to myself, gazing at her with outward blandness, "I'd like exceedingly to tip you up into your wash-tub and thump you as thoroughly as you are thumping those unfortunate clothes." The Solitary Summer "Much obliged, Mr. Vaux," cooed Cassidy, in a voice so suave that Vaux noticed its unusual blandness and asked if that particular Service already had "anything on Lauffer." In Secret "I agree to your proposal, my dear Marchese," he said, with unusual blandness of manner. Sant' Ilario If I had lost an umbrella he could not have viewed my plight with more inhuman blandness! The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne : a Novel Several clients took advantage of his blandness and renewed notes without paying the premium that Britt exacted when he loaned his own money as a private venture. When Egypt Went Broke But that other, the Serapis, is above care of every kind; on his countenance is a divine placidity, a supernal blandness; he gazes for ever in sublime and passionless reverie. The Emancipated With the blandness of superior wisdom he assured me that we were perfectly safe. The Red Planet Of all these glycerine is by no means unimportant, as it confers a blandness or mellowness upon the wine. The Art of Living in Australia ; together with three hundred Australian cookery recipes and accessory kitchen information by Mrs. H. Wicken The unctuous blandness, the sleek courtesy was but a mask, which he wore for you just so long as you did not hinder him by getting in his way. Australia Felix The minister had already learnt that this particular rhythm in taps denoted the fingers of his enkindling landlady, and the doomed young fellow buried his first mouthful under a look of receptive blandness. Wessex Tales Portland's manners were thought dry and haughty; but envy was disarmed by the blandness of Albemarle's temper and by the affability of his deportment. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 5 "Ah," said the colonel with exaggerated blandness, "and—er—what did YOU—er—say?" Trent's Trust, and Other Stories And even at this Lady Wantridge wasn't shocked; she showed that ease and blandness which were her way, unfortunately, of being most impossible. Some Short Stories [by Henry James] I must admit that I hear this work much admired by many; to me it seems old-fashioned and lacking in blandness and affability. Old Friends, Epistolary Parody He had the necessary bald head, the necessary double eyeglass, the necessary black clothes, and the necessary blandness of manner, all complete. Armadale It was the Indian summer, and the calms, and almost the blandness of June, slept in the hazy atmosphere. Pathfinder; or, the inland sea Your pardon, Lady Blakeney," he said with all his habitual blandness; "my object in coming to see you tonight was twofold. El Dorado, an adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel But if his blondness and blandness seemed at first a little fatuous, it is certain that he was no fool. Manalive The voice was soft, but there was a finality in it that its blandness only served to make the more suggestive. The Adventures of Jimmie Dale No doubt, sir—no doubt," replied Chauvelin with more than his accustomed blandness; "if you will hold yourself entirely at our disposition, Mademoiselle Lange will be set free to-morrow. El Dorado, an adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel |
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