Sentence examples for be trite from inspiring English sources

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be trite

adjective

Often in reference to a word or phrase: used so many times that it is commonplace, or no longer interesting or effective; worn out, hackneyed.

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His answers shall be trite and generic.

To convey such a thing would be trite.

It may be trite to describe a performance as a revelation, but this one really was.

But here he has a conceit, which might be trite if it were more insistent.

The truth is something we all know, and is so simple as to be trite.

It may be trite, but the word novel - literally meaning new - implies nothing of the sort.

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But this is trite.

The work is trite.

Popular culture is trite or indifferent.

The arguments of mediocre shows are trite.

But it is trite and untrue.

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