trite remark
Example Sentences
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Lees had been no great favorite of late, and it had been the trite remark for a year that he was looking like death; but at this juncture the tidings came ominously enough.
From Bohemian Days Three American Tales by Townsend, George Alfred
As he made no response to her trite remark, she, also, fell silent, while they turned into Twenty-third Street, and began the long walk to Ninth Avenue.
From Life and Gabriella The Story of a Woman's Courage by Glasgow, Ellen Anderson Gholson
It is a useful though a trite remark, that there is great stupidity in the proposal to lay up in a barn the portion of a soul.
From The Parables of Our Lord by Arnot, William
"You work too hard," he said soberly, though he felt the inadequacy of the trite remark.
From Ben Blair The Story of a Plainsman by Lillibridge, Will
That is a trite remark; but I interpret it differently from everybody else.
From Weird Tales. Vol. I by Hoffmann, E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus)
