trite remark
Example Sentences
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It is a useful though a trite remark, that there is great stupidity in the proposal to lay up in a barn the portion of a soul.
From The Parables of Our Lord by William Arnot
It began loftily with the words, "It is a trite remark," a phrase which seemed to the boy very masterful.
From Daughters of the Puritans A Group of Brief Biographies by Seth Curtis Beach
It is a trite remark that, having the choicest tools, an unskilful artisan will botch his work; and bad teachers will fail even with the best methods.
From Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects Everyman's Library by Herbert Spencer
Even the value of this trite remark was spoiled.
From When Ghost Meets Ghost by William Frend De Morgan
Lees had been no great favorite of late, and it had been the trite remark for a year that he was looking like death; but at this juncture the tidings came ominously enough.
From Bohemian Days Three American Tales by George Alfred Townsend
