The outcome was the utterly banal Forum des Halles shopping mall and transit hub, completed in 1979.

After a few days, this information became utterly banal.

Mr. Rohmer's Paris is utterly banal.

What utterly banal, insultingly condescending rubbish.

The sculptures themselves look utterly banal, but up close, you discover that the apparent photographic transparency has a subtle, painterly materialism and even a Vermeerish touch.

Filet mignon in a barolo sauce was utterly banal.

Facebook: Loud, coarse, risqué and utterly banal - even the simplest exchanges are pre-packaged and tarted up like a pop video.

That single, brief, utterly banal slogan.

His anger made him seem utterly banal, contemptible.

In the faces of Winogrand's ordinary Americans at work and play, we find mainly free-floating anxiety, even when the subjects' activities are festive or utterly banal.