Most of his lines would sound puffy or banal by themselves, but strung together they fall into a rhythm.

When a précis is possible, it will sound banal, anecdotal.

You make it sound so banal, like something you'd hear about on the radio.

The man couldn't put two words together without sounding banal.

It was the sort of situation where, no matter what I said, the words would sound banal.

Today it sounds very banal, because so many books have been written on that subject.

It sounded so banal, so incredibly foolish, just put into words like that.

It would sound so banal to say it aloud.

"It may sound banal, but it's the only thing I can think of to say."

I could think of nothing to say that didn't sound banal.