Sentence examples for some platitudes from inspiring English sources

Mr Prodi uttered some platitudes about the significance of the euro, remarking that it marked a huge development in the politics of the EU.

I said some platitudes about how one maniac doesn't represent an entire people, but even back then, I felt I was lying.

"Rubbish," sneers Mr. Jagger, hearing himself utter some platitudes about the free concert creating "a microcosm" of a new, harmonious society.

So overwhelmed by this story, Taransaud says he responded to Patrick by "mumbling some platitudes, like 'you've been through so much hell but now you're here telling your story; you're not a victim, you're a survivor'.

They part with some platitudes about how "travel really does broaden the mind," and she scuttles off whistling, not imagining for a minute that she won't see him again for 30 years.

McCain offered some platitudes!

I specifically asked him if his ambition was to maybe take the reigns of Atlético, and as he really is a fox he just raised his eyebrows and churned out some platitude or other about how the here and now is the only thing that matters.

"That's what Terry Wolfson said when she called me at work — " I was going to offer up some platitude about how the animal hadn't suffered, though for all I knew the dog had gummed it relentlessly, the way it had gummed my arm, when a voice called "Hello?" from the street behind us and we broke awkwardly apart.

"If we win the election, then we have the moral authority and the obligation to actually do it, not win on some vague platitudes, 'We're not Barack Obama,' then say, 'O.K., here's what we're doing because we now have a mandate.' " But since Mr. Romney named Mr. Ryan his running mate, that fight really has not materialized.

These guys had some disposable platitudes that looked and sounded boring over their heads.

Bayh murmurs some more platitudes, intending to weave as much worldly significance out of two hopelessly parochial governor's races.