Sentence examples for that trite from inspiring English sources

Inside that trite sentence, "We need to figure out how to make this work for everyone," hides the skeleton of a monster.

With these advantages,how had he taken it upon himself to die?But there he was in that trite pose,feet in the air, as if arranged on the sink topfor her to find him.

That trite phrase is accurate in an almost technical sense: Ms. Ramsay (who adapted Lionel Shriver's novel with Rory Stewart Kinnear) follows a kind of dream logic in telling a chronologically splintered story, weaving patterns of associated images and sensations into an intense and claustrophobic web of fear.

If the structure of that trite maxim sounds familiar, you might've seen the old Ben Stiller superhero comedy Mystery Men in which "The Sphinx" character constantly recites words of wisdom, but he only just reverses the second part of the maxim.

And perhaps it is a useful antidote to hysteria to point out that trite, fun applications say, temporarily changing your skin pigmentation are conceivable, too.Critics may say that decisions on cloning and germ-line modification are different, because they affect an unborn individual who has no say in the matter.

"This is slightly unbelievable," my wife said, and for once that trite and overused phrase seemed absolutely apt.

In that most trite of observations, after 9/11 everything changed -- right behind that for a trite observation is the accepted wisdom that, when it comes to another act of terrorism, "it's not a matter of 'if,' but "when".

If that sounded trite Saturday, it also sounded true.

He draws connections to his new passion for collecting that are trite, tenuous or overstated.

I know that sounds trite but I'm appalling at buying souvenirs.

That sounds trite sales-speak, until you remember that the main reason for the previous GM's demise was its failure to build cars that customers actually wanted.