bromidic

Example Sentences

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Chief Justice Roberts, writing for a plurality, lectured the nation with the bromidic insight that, “the way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race.”

From Washington Post • Jan. 6, 2023

Perhaps some bromidic references to a post-Assad Syria will emerge from this U.N. session, but the facts are these.

From Slate • Sep. 28, 2015

He was fascinated by the possibilities of reanimating a dead metaphor, playing with the bromidic visual formulae of mass culture, asking questions about inarticulacy, probing the tension between surface and depth.

From The Guardian • Feb. 23, 2013

But just when things start to become saccharine and bromidic, Mr. Bock cuts the scene off, as if acknowledging the threat.

From New York Times • Jan. 7, 2011

The pages are laden with sage counsel and bromidic expressions.

From The Armed Forces Officer Department of the Army Pamphlet 600-2 by United States. Dept. of Defense