How to Use bland in a Sentence

bland

adjective

• The vegetable soup was rather bland.
• The diplomat's bland statement did nothing to calm the situation.
• The telling is too bland, and the stakes don’t feel high enough.
  — Heller McAlpin, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Aug. 2022
• The fingers are a little bland, but that’s what the Cane’s sauce is for.
  — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
• Though the walls are a bit subdued, nothing about the space is bland.
  — Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 20 June 2024
• The tasty juices are soaked up by the rice to ensure there's not a single bland bite.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 11 Oct. 2023
• His first glance was the frown of the man; the second was the bland and sickly smile of the demagogue.
  — Washington Post, 3 Sep. 2021
• The lunch menu sushi hand rolls were bland and overpowered by the heavy sauce.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 July 2021
• The color options are rather bland, and the area where the backplate meets the bumper feels a tad sharp.
  — Julian Chokkattu, Wired, 1 Oct. 2021
• This fatty bird was bland, rubbery and a bit on the dry side.
  — cleveland, 19 Mar. 2021
• But it was served lukewarm, and even for Skyline, the broth was thin and bland.
  — cleveland, 24 Feb. 2022
• In the mall the music was a cradle and all the mannikins in the windows wore clothes as bland as puree.
  — Negar Azimi, The New York Review of Books, 30 Mar. 2023
• Most of the new frozen foods kill you with sodium and yet remain bland.
  — Alex Beggs, Bon Appétit, 21 Dec. 2020
• Sahithya Wintrich has one goal in the kitchen: To fight back against bland flavors.
  — Marc Bona, cleveland, 25 Oct. 2022
• This bland bird badly needs a bath in one of the many sauces Popeyes offers.
  — Washington Post, 28 July 2021
• The jalapeños were as rubbery and bland as the roasted chicken.
  — Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2021
• The sauce didn't have much flavor, and the meatballs tasted too bland.
  — Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 1 Apr. 2023
• The arena opened in 1968, along with a bland new office block known as Two Penn.
  — William Finnegan, The New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2023
• One the other hand, it's long been perceived as, well, bland.
  — Lauren Hubbard, townandcountrymag.com, 17 May 2023
• It’s bland by design, a rundown of who can do what and when.
  — Philip Elliott, Time, 22 Jan. 2021
• Meati products start out as bland, doughy blobs that are soft enough to mold.
  — Corie Brown, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2021
• Eggplant, bless its heart, skews a little more on the bland side.
  — Alex Beggs, Bon Appétit, 23 Aug. 2021
• For the guy who wants to look anything but bland, check out these gorgeous loafers.
  — Joel Balsam, Travel + Leisure, 12 Jan. 2024
• This baking method will result in chip-like skin and dry and bland flesh.
  — Ali Slagle, Washington Post, 12 Feb. 2023
• Sour creams that are made quickly and in large batches tend to be bland.
  — Jolene Thym, The Mercury News, 26 June 2024
• The chemistry of the lead actresses mostly makes up for a bland script.
  — Dallasnews.com Staff, Dallas News, 30 Mar. 2023
• But the face on my screen—my face—felt off somehow: muted, bland.
  — Charlotte Shane, WIRED, 24 Aug. 2023
• The bacon grease soaked into the bland bread and improved the flavor.
  — Beth Thames | [e-mail], al, 12 Aug. 2021
• The tone is all over the place, whipping back and forth between end-of-the-world seriousness and bland comedy.
  — Ars Technica, 28 Jan. 2025
• Over the next billion-odd years, the universe went from a bland, unimpressive landscape to a rich and dynamic one.
  — The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 30 Jan. 2025

Last Updated: 6 Mar 2025