Sentence examples for a trite message from inspiring English sources

That, however, seems a trite message to emerge from such a welter of sound and fury.

Or is it just horrific, socially acceptable (and marketable) brutality with a trite message tacked on for the critics?

The former defence minister, David Johnston, also described the campaign as "shocking", relying on the "trite" message of jobs and growth.

The former defence minister David Johnston has described the campaign as "shocking" and overly-reliant on the "trite" message of jobs and growth.

(Wilborn Hampton) 'SURFACE TO AIR' Directed by the Tony-winning actor James Naughton, David Epstein's drama about one family's inability to cope with the wreckage of the Vietnam War offers little beyond the trite message that We Must Always Remember.

But they cannot save Mr. Jafferis's script, which strains after far too many predictable rhymes (a sin in a hip-hop play) and too often settles for trite messages.

If the Internet of 1995 was a postmodern playhouse, allowing individuals to engage in unbridled expression, Turkle describes it today as a corporate trap, a ball and chain that keeps us tethered to the tiny screens of our cellphones, tapping out trite messages to stay in touch.

While the scene is updated with specific New York references ("Ladies, we are in a mall, so let's go shopping!" Ms. Pickett exclaims, sounding a lot like Kathy Griffin), the anti-consumerism message lands in a trite, not provocative, place.

An astute observer of consumer obsession, Mr. Tomlinson ultimately subordinates much of his clever writing to a tepid and trite political message: that American civic life is a fractured bowl that needs to be put back together right now.

This isn't a trite point.

It's a trite and predictable lesson from what is arguably this talented author's tritest and most predictable novel.