Sentence examples for been trite from inspiring English sources
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.
The characters surrounding him could have been trite: the crazy cat lady, the effeminate hotel clerk, the Croatian prostitute, the Los Angeles psychiatrist with angst of his own.
The statement, he said, "would have been trite if it came from Solzhenitsyn, but it was pure gold coming from Stalin".
Had she arranged them in the form of a cenotaph it might have been trite; flat on the floor they might have resembled gravestones, it's true.
The title they devised for the society's program on Sunday evening at Alice Tully Hall might have been trite — "Pianos/Pianists: A Celebration of the Keyboard" — but the concept was imaginative.
With any other two actors it might have all been trite, but with this duo it is warm and wonderful.
Bret Fetzer of Amazon.com also gave a positive review, noting that the movie "could have been trite schmaltz, but the script has some grit and the direction is fresh and relaxed--and, most significantly, Spears is far more sympathetic and engaging than you might expect".
Popular culture is trite or indifferent.
The arguments of mediocre shows are trite.
His answers shall be trite and generic.
