Sentence examples for the trite from inspiring English sources

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the 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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It's become a relentless bombardment of the banal, the trite and the trivial.

Their exchanges sometimes border on the trite.

But her ending borders on the trite.

The trite answer is yes and no.

It was an exercise in the trite triumphing over the trite.

But the trite, coy and overly personal jottings that result often prove quite resistible.

Occasionally, the trite slogans of the advertising industry acquire human form.

The inevitable folkie moment, the trite joke or earnest comment that demands a cringe, never arrived.

Disingenuousness, stupidity, the trite and the obvious: all are anathema to Mara's nature.

A few adventurous souls run clever riffs on the trite and true.

He seems to embody music's ability to make the trite seem true again.

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