triteness

Example Sentences

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Some of those abilities—communication, critical thinking—are oft-repeated to the point of triteness.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

The triteness makes us uncertain how much of his impassioned purging is the truth.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2024

“These stories avoid triteness by lingering on the daily, unassuming routines of their characters,” Claire Shaffer wrote in her review for The New York Times.

From New York Times • Nov. 15, 2021

But the conceit quickly gives way to redundancy and triteness, and we’re left trying to shake the image of Stephen Covey wearing a leather tunic with a feather in his cap.

From Washington Post • Nov. 11, 2020

The will to be clear often forces the poet to a triteness of wording; the terseness necessitates frequent repetition; the impulse to build up an organic ecstasy often leads to excessive length.

From ?mile Verhaeren by Zweig, Stefan