Crossword-Solution: BLANDER 7 letters, 12 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 10

When every member of his domestic and political systems moved smoothly in its appointed course, his nature was bland and genial; but, whenever there was a little hitch, and some of his orbs got out of their orbits, he was blander and more genial still, for nothing pleased him so much as to make the crooked straight and crush down uneven places.

Figures of speech of this import are used with good effect even in addressing the less warlike modern audiences, made up of adherents of the blander variants of the creed.

Now, how shall we settle this? Regular stand-up-and knock-down, or rough and tumble?” If anything Hill’s face was more vacantly serene, and his tones blander than ever, as he answered: “Strike--any--gait--that--suits--you,--Mister;--I guess--I--will--be --able--to--keep--up--with--you.” They closed.

And on that platform we will both stand to-night, dear Josiah.” I think it is always best when a pardner has gin in and you have had a triumph of principle, to be bland; blander than common to him.

Now the girl was the fairest and most graceful of her time, more elegant than the gazelle however tender, than the gentlest zephyr blander and brighter than the moon at her full; for amorous fray right suitable; confounding in graceful sway the waving bough and outdoing in swimming gait the pacing roe; in fine she was fairer and sweeter by far than all her sisters.