bromide

Example Sentences

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Despite their clear affection for these women, the Dardenne brothers never sugarcoat their characters’ unenviable circumstance or latch onto phony bromides to alleviate our anxiety.

From Los Angeles Times

The letter is full of unmemorable bromides and has none of the moving language used by Reagan and other presidents.

From Salon

The bromide about teams picking the best available player rather than drafting for need does not apply to the Angels, at least not in the Perry Minasian era.

From Los Angeles Times

But Lee, wise to how the heart stutters, didn’t pander to audiences with bromides like love is love.

From Los Angeles Times

What rankled Didion about this turn was that it reduced the complexity of all issues to tidy bromides.

From Los Angeles Times