trite
Example Sentences
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It may sound trite to say that football is more than a game, but for those who remained in Ukraine, it is important to see representatives of their country succeed on the international stage.
From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026
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
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
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
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