trite phrase

Example Sentences

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We’ve all heard the trite phrase, “Money can’t buy happiness,” but it can certainly help facilitate it.

From Slate • Aug. 1, 2023

It’s a trite phrase, empty of substance, limited in its appeal.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 30, 2022

The trite phrase about dropping a dime and making a call from a pay phone should apply to cellphone access, too.

From Washington Post • Aug. 3, 2021

‘Family home’ is a trite phrase, but that’s exactly what we have.

From Architectural Digest • Sep. 1, 2010

Under this lovely water color is the same picture reproduced in black and white, beneath which some crude hand has written in English the trite phrase, "Not lost, but gone before."

From In Château Land by Wharton, Anne Hollingsworth