How to Use originality in a Sentence

originality

noun
  • I was amazed by the originality of her ideas.
  • Critics have praised the movie's startling originality.
  • Is the rise of the multiverse the death of originality?
    Stephanie Burt, The New Yorker, 31 Oct. 2022
  • The courage and originality of the film’s approach opens up to a much larger world view.
    Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Oct. 2023
  • But cable and streaming have seemed to me like the places where originality has thrived in the past two decades.
    Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Feb. 2023
  • By the quality of the excerpts and the originality of the themes that fit the times, all of them demand to be seen as finished film.
    Trinidad Barleycorn, Variety, 16 Apr. 2022
  • The book does not at all take away from the genius and originality of Darwin’s work.
    Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 11 Dec. 2021
  • In a batch of mostly good taglines, lack of originality is the only sin, and this line just isn’t telling me much about Meredith.
    Jodi Walker, EW.com, 19 Nov. 2020
  • Its trauma plot doesn’t have the originality of a Bly Manor or a Midnight Mass.
    TIME, 12 Oct. 2023
  • Owning your originality is a skill that will always help you along the way.
    Jacqueline Delgadillo, refinery29.com, 26 Sep. 2022
  • The spark and originality present in the band’s best work is missing from its latest album.
    Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 5 May 2022
  • By keeping budgets in check, the studio helped to prove there’s still room for originality at the box office.
    Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 27 Dec. 2022
  • As the newest streaming service with a plus sign on the end of its name, Paramount+ is not winning any originality awards.
    Simon Hill, Wired, 22 Nov. 2021
  • Some were disappointed with the wrap-up, but there was no denying the power and originality of the long set-up.
    Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Oct. 2022
  • Voters will be asked to choose based on the creativity and originality of the recipes.
    Ariel Cheung, chicagotribune.com, 20 Oct. 2021
  • The screenplay, too, co-authored by Bong and Han Jin-Won, has much originality to commend it.
    Madeleine Kearns, National Review, 10 Feb. 2020
  • The denial of self, the pursuit of originality and the negation of impulses.
    Washington Post, 29 Sep. 2021
  • This sci-fi film packs originality in every scene and plot point.
    Kaely Monahan, The Arizona Republic, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Adding some flair and originality to a plain set of glasses, wine charms are a cute and, well, charming housewarming gift idea.
    Rachel Simon, PEOPLE.com, 8 Nov. 2021
  • This turns out a little funky, but huge points for originality.
    Bon Appétit Contributor, Bon Appétit, 9 Feb. 2024
  • So does Oloixarac’s genre-mixing, which leads to originality of thought and technique.
    Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 2 May 2021
  • Their originality is just one way that his weed pots surpassed craft to become art.
    Roberta Smith, New York Times, 6 July 2023
  • Their originality, as much as their technical skill, is what conferred on them the right, in the eyes of their contemporaries, to stand among the giants of the past.
    Ingrid D. Rowland, The New York Review of Books, 27 Apr. 2022
  • Even in a work that might have been a B movie with another helmer, Friedkin could dazzle with his skill and originality.
    Stephen Galloway, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Aug. 2023
  • But the play is more concerned with abstract questions about art and originality than with the fate of one morally shady writer.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024
  • However, the breakers don't what the DJ will play ahead of each round and are judged for their originality, as well as their technical skills.
    Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 9 Aug. 2024
  • That’s marginally effective, made less so by the fact her story doesn’t have an ounce of originality to it.
    Brian Lowry, CNN, 21 July 2023
  • But there are certainly glimmers of hope out there for the forces of originality to prevail.
    Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 2 Aug. 2022
  • Critics argue that generative AI will lead to cheating, plagiarism and/or a loss of originality.
    Harsh Singh, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
  • This focus on metrics can push creators away from authentic expression, a crucial attribute of folk art, and instead toward content optimized for algorithmic success, often at the expense of originality and sincerity.
    Ruby Justice Thelot, ARTnews.com, 1 Nov. 2024

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