It turns the prosaic realities of the business cycle into a morality play of sin, punishment and redemption.

As the governor acknowledged Tuesday afternoon, he is left to wrestle with the prosaic reality of governing in a recession.

Her guitar playing was an inspired soundtrack in an otherwise prosaic reality.

The fantasy the movie spins is indelible and durable because it is grounded in a prosaic and utterly familiar reality.

It always took him a moment or two to return to the prosaic reality of everyday life.

Aristocratic scribblers suffered from the inevitable habit of turning prosaic and complex reality into simple metaphors.

His strange introduction to the men who lived there had been followed by very prosaic reality.

Then she forced herself to face prosaic reality.

But prosaic reality keeps asserting itself.

One is that stage romance and fantasy should be brought down to earth with reminders of prosaic reality.