trite remark
Example Sentences
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Even the value of this trite remark was spoiled.
From When Ghost Meets Ghost by De Morgan, William Frend
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 Beach, Seth Curtis
That is a trite remark; but I interpret it differently from everybody else.
From Weird Tales. Vol. I by Hoffmann, E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus)
"I did not think there could be any place in England so beautiful," she said by-and-by, when George disturbed her with some trite remark upon the scene.
From The Doctor's Wife by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)
It was broken at last by the baronet with a very trite remark: "What a warm evening."
From Virgie's Inheritance by Sheldon, Georgie, Mrs.
