In the prosaic neighborhood of Middlemarch, May was not always warm and sunny, and on this particular morning a chill wind was blowing the blossoms from the surrounding gardens on to the green mounds of Lowick churchyard.
That sounded so prosaic; but to my surprise I found it true.
It has a darkened and a daily colour, in majestic but not obvious harmony with dark grey skies, and might look, to inconstant eyes, as prosaic after spring as eleven o'clock looks after the dawn.
Similar technology, reliant on drilling down in texts such as Wikipedia to learn and parrot information, has been used for answering the presumably more prosaic questions that flood in from buyers ("where's my package?
You might think you have the figure of Marilyn Monroe but according to research the truth is likely to be far more prosaic.
" She added that even familiar places like bedrooms and backyards can become perfect spots for photography as long as we endeavor to discover frivolous beauty in our sometimes prosaic lives.
So the case for building more universities needs to rest on more prosaic grounds.
Instantly the prosaic rocks leaped into a kind of glory.
In contrast, the researchers say holding a more prosaic view of your loved one means you are less likely to be disappointed, and therefore more satisfied with your marriage.