triteness

Example Sentences

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The secret is poised somewhere between triteness and disarming simplicity.

From New York Times • May 5, 2022

But the conceit quickly gives way to redundancy and triteness, and we’re left trying to shake the image of Stephen Covey wearing a leather tunic with a feather in his cap.

From Washington Post • Nov. 11, 2020

Cut to, “Family and friends!” or, “My successful polyp-removal surgery!” or some such triteness.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 24, 2019

But universality is a thin line that separates the obvious from the enlightening; things that everyone feels risk triteness when turned into art.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 9, 2018

"She is as good as she is beautiful," he said; then, as the triteness and significance of the words struck him, he laughed slightly.

From Nell, of Shorne Mills or, One Heart's Burden by Garvice, Charles