The sheer banality of it astonished me.

The sheer banality of this position is starting to show through.

The sheer banality of the question made it apposite in the circumstances.

Contrast the magic of the iPod or dot Mac or Final Cut Pro with the sheer banality of most of what passes for innovation in big business.

Nonchalance Amid Ruins Indeed, the sheer banality of the intersection today is jarring.

The editors' introduction, of course, argues for its contemporary relevance: "a revolt against a landscape dominated by a literary dictatorship of tepid taste, political correctness and sheer numbing banality."

This I found chilling, because it is a précis of the sheer banality of pop-culture evil.

The two main points of the song's hilarity are the sheer banality of the lawsuit and the plaintiff's thick Saxon accent, which is routinely ridiculed in German comedy.

The sheer banality of evil does not make evil any less evil.

In a way, though, the sheer banality of this advice points up the lockhold that consultants have over the corporate mind.