Sentence examples for something trite from inspiring English sources

I mumble something trite about how brave she is.

"I didn't want something trite or simple, but something strong that would cause people to open the dictionary".

But this language (that is, universal and particular) turns the name and the reference of the theatrical character into something trite and equally simple.

Ultimately, there is something trite at the centre of the movie, most especially in the overuse of Nat King Cole's haunting Mona Lisa to suggest Tyson's ambiguity and Hoskins's puzzlement.

My first pose was something trite and expected, featuring a rose from the prop pile.

With one exception: never, ever employ the phrase "Something's rotten in the state of Denmark" (yes, Hamlet again) to describe something trite like a lack of coffee in the house: a dim buzzing sound will fill the world, as an irate Billy spins in his grave fast enough to shoot him straight to the Earth's molten core.

A Derridean reading would suggest that Murphy's mythopoetic reality is a more appropriate gesture to assume.Thor HallandPattaya, ThailandSIR – One is not sure whether something as trite as death matters a jot in an advanced consumerist civilisation.

I don't want to warn against something as trite as the lost art of management but there is the very real sense that in the public sector we seem to value leaders over managers.

Unless someone comes along in the next few months who is both passionate about books and has the wherewithal to shrug off something as trite as profit — "You have to have some maniac who is not interested in making a living," is the way Good Yarns's manager, William Tester, puts it — the store on Main Street will turn into something besides a bookshop.

My reservations towards objective statements or personal profiles are personal, but I seem to read variations of "highly motivated individual seeking to apply a broad range of skills in a challenging environment" or something equally trite in about 75% of the CVs I critique.

A possible explanation: Colloquial phrases are used more frequently on social media platforms than something like trite academic jargon is, so they're more likely to stale quickly.