Sentence examples for trite commonplace from inspiring English sources

David Kamp slyly skewers a trite commonplace in his review of Jonathan Lethem's new book (March 18) when he reassures us that "it's not one of those 'meditation on' deals".

Among Others does not, however, make the trite equation of wilderness with magic, for several quite commonplace-seeming human beings in the story also have supernatural powers.

With a glorious censoring of all that might be bland, trite or commonplace about them, you transform one of millions into one in a million.

Trite stuff.

Trite dialogue.

Too trite.

It all seemed so trite.

But this is trite.

The work is trite.

"Not trite in any way".

Their exchanges sometimes border on the trite.