How to Use prosaic in a Sentence

prosaic

adjective
  • He has a prosaic writing style.
  • She believes the noises are made by ghosts, but I think there's a more prosaic explanation.
  • The roots of these songs, though, are more prosaic.
    — Emma Madden, Pitchfork, 21 Dec. 2025
  • Some researchers think the pulse has a kind of prosaic cause.
    — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 21 Feb. 2022
  • But the truth was a little more prosaic.
    — Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 16 May 2026
  • Instead, the book is full of the prosaic events for which its author is known.
    — The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
  • More often, though, the goals scored by cup-winning sides are prosaic.
    — Jody Rosen, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2022
  • There are prosaic details in it that make the story seem richer as a song.
    — William Goodman, Billboard, 30 Jan. 2018
  • While that sounds fairly prosaic, seeing it in action will blow you away.
    — Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 26 Mar. 2010
  • In the face of that chilling, prosaic nightmare, all Perkins can do is laugh.
    — David Sims, The Atlantic, 21 Feb. 2025
  • There are, of course, more prosaic reasons for Orion to come back.
    — Tim Fernholz, Quartz, 29 Nov. 2022
  • Usurpation abounds, at home and abroad, and seems never to be walled in by anything as prosaic as the law.
    — Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review, 20 July 2017
  • In some ways, the event looks like a prosaic stellar explosion.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 8 Nov. 2017
  • The writing, it must be said, settles for more prosaic achievements.
    — Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com, 17 Oct. 2019
  • The state housing agency says its denial was based on a much more prosaic concern.
    — John Byrne, chicagotribune.com, 17 May 2018
  • The book is filled with prosaic scenes of work and ritual, solitary faces and people in crowds.
    — Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 21 Dec. 2022
  • But even in the most prosaic circumstances, there are reasons for concern.
    — Joe Queenan, WSJ, 9 Mar. 2018
  • Palm’s consumer budget line, the Zire series, was a bit less prosaic.
    — Cameron Kaiser, Ars Technica, 25 Apr. 2024
  • Dedmon is the more prosaic variety, though useful all the same.
    — Rob Mahoney, SI.com, 24 June 2019
  • The poignancy comes as a surprise because most of the preceding scenes are slack and prosaic.
    — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 21 Nov. 2022
  • That’s a fascinating way to think about what is, in prosaic terms, the act of hanging pictures on a wall.
    — Steve Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 24 July 2019
  • For the non-tourist, even the Statue of Liberty may come to seem prosaic.
    — Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 15 Sep. 2017
  • The staging, working so hard to avoid all the furniture, is likewise too prosaic.
    — Jesse Green, New York Times, 22 June 2017
  • That’s in addition to the more prosaic details that could lure a company.
    — Katherine Peralta and Ely Portillo, charlotteobserver, 19 Oct. 2017
  • Ideas of freedom and ease persist in the more prosaic face of traffic jams and increasing fuel prices.
    — K.s-C., The Economist, 25 Nov. 2019
  • These big-picture questions hover over a market also poised to work through some more prosaic, near-term issues.
    — Michael Santoli, CNBC, 19 May 2026
  • The pieces don’t always mesh, and there are patchy and prosaic moments, but this is still Levinson’s strongest work in years.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 14 Sep. 2021
  • The actual logic behind the half-naked Elva is a more prosaic one.
    — Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 27 May 2021
  • Intel once dominated, and still has a large market share, in more prosaic chips that power laptops.
    — Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The unique features hide a center touchscreen the way an architect’s home keeps prosaic televisions out of sight.
    — Lawrence Ulrich, Robb Report, 12 June 2026

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