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.
• Eggplant, bless its heart, skews a little more on the bland side.
  — Alex Beggs, Bon Appétit, 23 Aug. 2021
• 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
• And having very neutral, almost bland colors and coming out with statement pieces, like a pop!
  — Zareen Syed, chicagotribune.com, 13 Sep. 2021
• The salad was refreshing on a hot afternoon, but pretty bland.
  — Amy Drew Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 2 Sep. 2021
• And the worst offenders were bland and lifeless, not even delivering on the promise to at least make my tongue tingle.
  — Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News, 22 Sep. 2021
• The first is bland, self-serving or irrelevant content that does not resonate with followers.
  — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 8 Sep. 2021
• But the data shows our most popular recipes went well beyond Tupperware filled with steamed broccoli and bland chicken.
  — Mehreen Karim, Bon Appétit, 30 Sep. 2021
• Forget its bland interior design and garish seat inserts and armrests.
  — K.c. Colwell, Car and Driver, 17 Sep. 2021
• Without him — and without Deebo Samuel in the backfield — the Niners’ playcalling is bland and anything but incisive.
  — Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 29 Sep. 2024
• However, most of the buildings, including the new General Electric office building, are boxy, bland, and forgettable.
  — Steven Litt, cleveland, 22 Aug. 2021
• The telling is too bland, and the stakes don’t feel high enough.
  — Heller McAlpin, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Aug. 2022
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Sahithya Wintrich has one goal in the kitchen: To fight back against bland flavors.
  — Marc Bona, cleveland, 25 Oct. 2022
• 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
• Meati products start out as bland, doughy blobs that are soft enough to mold.
  — Corie Brown, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 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
• From the outside, the museum is nondescript, a bland gray structure that wouldn’t look out of place in an office block.
  — Andrew Webster, The Verge, 27 Sep. 2024
• The internet has become one big, bland blog with all the personality of a cold bowl of oatmeal.
  — Jennifer Jay Palumbo, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 31 Oct 2024