Words similar to run-of-the-mill
Example sentences for: run-of-the-mill
How can you use “run-of-the-mill” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:
The earliest uses of the adjective referred to fabrics, to distinguish ordinary or run-of-the-mill cloth from finer weaves.
It is more expensive than the run-of-the-mill Century line of car seats (a Britax runs above $200), but it is made of material so hard it would crack your knee if you walked into it, and its belting system is far more encompassing and elaborate than the average car seat's.
It is probably a characteristic of humanity's eternal upward struggle that good enough is never good enough, and neutral terms like ordinary, mediocre, average, so-so, run-of-the-mill , and indifferent tend to take on negative connotations.
Again and again we read about “the careful user, who wishes to use English correctly and congently” in contrast to “the run-of-the-mill user, who frequently sacrifices care and correctness in the interests of speed.”
"Any run-of-the-mill episode of Law & Order would be more subtle, more sophisticated, and more compelling," says Entertainment Weekly 's Lisa Schwarzbaum.
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