trite

Example Sentences

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Quoting what may be Russian literature’s most famous line is a little trite, I’ll admit.

From Salon • Mar. 14, 2026

Your friend will find something else; she doesn’t need a trite saying to confirm that.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 2, 2026

Mr. Guadagnino also indulges a couple of speeches about young people’s alleged hypersensitivity that veer into trite middle-aged lament and aren’t really relevant to the action.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025

Only 7 herself at the time of filming, she has none of those trite child-actor tics like over-mannered naivete or phony cheek.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 10, 2025

In books and movies they say, “Let’s talk about you,” or, “Tell me all about yourself”—but that is when they first meet, and seems trite anyway.

From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien