pious platitudes
Example Sentences
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The world does not need more pious platitudes delivered on the anniversary of still-unfathomable violence and pain and destruction.
From Salon • Sep. 3, 2010
Though I guess pious platitudes are preferable to lower Manhattan hate marches, like the one that will be held at the site of the World Trade Center on the anniversary of the attacks.
From Salon • Sep. 3, 2010
Lercaro went to work with social action instead of pious platitudes.
From Time Magazine Archive
They might say that, with pious platitudes on his thin lips, President Coolidge capitalized on Prosperity, rode its inflationary waves to an enormous popularity.
From Time Magazine Archive
If you want to talk pious platitudes to me by rote, please don’t, for we should be sure to quarrel.
From The Vicar's People by Fenn, George Manville
