facile

Example Sentences

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It is hard to overstate just how facile this whole enterprise has proved to be.

From Slate • Jan. 6, 2026

What gets lost in facile critiques of gentrification, however, is its generative power.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025

“Ezra” could easily tip into melodrama, but Goldwyn sidesteps that with a rather facile ending, seemingly skipping a story beat in the denouement.

From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2024

I’d argue that it falls squarely inside the latter; its revelations about gender, sexuality and identity tend toward the obvious, and sometimes veer into the facile.

From New York Times • Feb. 1, 2024

He sniffed around, wrinkling his facile nose at the unfamiliar smell, then reached out a long curved black paw and tapped the white head.

From "The Incredible Journey" by Sheila Burnford