| In a society dominated by allegorical and historical painting, his scenes of contemporary life were regarded as a novelty. |
| Will I be able to retain this enthusiasm for the gym or will the novelty soon wear off? |
| To those who know him, he isn't a novelty act or a weakling who couldn't hack the rigours of the infantry. |
| For many the novelty of all that blood-soaked jibber-jabber wore thin pretty quickly. |
| Macra has also put together a whole host of novelty competitions and farm skills displays, from sheaf tossing to round bale rolling. |
| The novelty of living in a hotel suite and surrendering your personal privacy soon wears off. |
