trite remark
Example Sentences
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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 Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow
It is a trite remark, that the imaginary anticipation of pleasure is seldom or ever equalled by the enjoyment of it.
From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 13 by Robert Kerr
Sylvie colored, and averted her eyes: then she gave herself a kind of mental shaking, and resolutely glanced back, uttering some rather trite remark.
From Hope Mills or, Between Friend and Sweetheart by Amanda Minnie Douglas
A very trite remark, my dear," said Lady Caroline, smiling, "but we need not anticipate changes before they come.
From A True Friend A Novel by Adeline Sergeant
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 William Arnot
