triviality

Example Sentences

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She honored those traces even as she ironically nailed their indefensible triviality.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 27, 2024

Carlson’s seeming awareness of the triviality of his topic is all part of the deal, Peck says, tracing the roots of his attitude to the network’s earliest days.

From Washington Post • Jan. 23, 2023

Sentimentality about the power of cinema — to raise awareness, expand empathy, confront the truth, change the world — mirrors a cynicism that insists on cinema’s triviality.

From New York Times • Dec. 22, 2022

This is not glamorous, but I do think, in its triviality, and in its, let's say, almost monstrosity, we can relate to that.

From Salon • Oct. 5, 2021

Lesson on lesson they’ve suffered through, recognizing, more profoundly each time, their indignity, shame, triviality.

From "Grendel" by John Gardner