Too many of us, when we plan a military action, can think only in the most banal way.

Even the most banal sitcom has been touched by the events of Sept. 11.

No words, not even the most banal and meaningless, came to rescue him.

He succeeds in inciting a sense of surprise from even the most banal source.

Once people started imagining the future, even the most banal life events seemed to take a dramatic turn for the better.

That is by no means the most banal passage in the book.

They called it the most banal and pointless waste of time.

Even the most banal of church hymns can rip your heart out at times like this.

In the end, he was snared by the most banal of circumstances.

History between the seams can turn the most banal garment into something totemic.