trite

Example Sentences

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What Thompson-Hernández’s art so easily dispels, no matter the genre it finds a home in, are all the knotty, misguided and trite representations of otherness in our contemporary world.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 27, 2026

“It comes across as a little bit trite, and it’s lacking perspective. It’s not as if the universe is rotating around you, and it takes a level of maturity to see that.”

From MarketWatch • Jan. 23, 2026

I don’t mean to sound trite or wilfully glib, but it’s merely the truth that every ending is followed by a beginning.

From Salon • Dec. 17, 2025

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

Because I am loud and talkative, my words are thought trite and silly.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung