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Trite praises came flowing into the books or to be printed onto pages only made the important issues difficultly understood and dim wisdom.

A. As many people have guessed, the word "boyfriend" seems sort of trite and schoolyard-ish in the light of how Bella feels about Edward.

But if I only asked questions like this they would soon become trite and boring. More quiz show than presentation.

A trite or banal remark or statement, especially one expressed AS if it were original or significant.

What I had said to Daniel was clumsy and trite. It was nothing. And yet, it was everything.

I know it's trite to say it, but it's so easy to get off the path to a good plan if you don't have the goals clearly defined up front.

This may seem like an awfully trite observation and, frankly, a terrible waste of the Financial Times' money.

Does a poet siring up trite sentiments in rhyme? he also becomes the great man of the hour.

One can't instantly "snap out of it" . It "takes time" , as the trite-but-true saying goes.

Whatever you do, don't worry about it looking trite: if it looks cool and is factually correct, use it.

But what it takes is a commitment from all of us to essentially refuse trite assumptions, get out of our ideological boxes.

The trite objects of human efforts -- possessions outward success, luxury -- have always seemed to me contemptible.

That's a trite way of saying that anybody who's been around any length of time is no stranger to cyclical ups and downs.

Well, Americans do often use this trite greeting, and they generally expect nothing but the standard answer.

It is trite to say that the scarcity of happiness among many people is due to the corresponding scarcity of love among them.

Your Inner Fish is, perhaps, a rather trite title for such a magisterial work.

Perhaps that's trite and pessimistic but I suppose this way of thinking is more common than we tend to gather or even realize.

Instead, he chooses to package his career into a series of trite leadership lessons.

His complaint about the working conditions is always trite.

She likes to ask trite questions.

The previous logo which was trite with an odd color choice for a service provided in the sky.

What I had said to Daniel was clumsy and trite. It was nothing.

To use the trite phrase, each parent represents 50% of the child's gene pool.

It might sound trite , but your heart can sometimes lead you better than your mind.

While this solution may seem obvious and trite, closer examination reveals that balance is a complex and costly objective itself.

But maybe we do need to ask ourselves if we are placing too much credence in this trite remark.

He had something to prove, something that would sound trite if it were put into words.

His meticulous observations of family life can seem trite in comparison with the events soon to come.

It sounds trite, but boys are rarely open with their feelings and getting them to open up can have positive results.

Common, ordinary words are used in the same old way. The paper has some trite, overworked expressions.

a trite retread of an old musical.

candy. chocolate. flowers. trite love everywhere.

Thus, contact is more than a trite act, but a privileged way to build lasting and respectful relationships with our fellow men.

Better, surely, to face the coming storm on that foundation, than on a trite slogan that could be your undoing.

He ended his lecture with a trite morality.

But to dispel the trite notion that librarians are merely "the stewards of knowledge, " we must clarify our role as educators.

Well, at the risk of sounding trite, l can't stop thinking about you. - l adore trite.

On the material level, obviously, and at the risk of sounding trite , no two human beings are alike and are therefore unequal.

Man must understand that the trite saying "What will be will be" will never BE.

The story is described as beautifully written but concerned with the trite theme of adolescent loneliness.

While it might seem trivial -- even trite -- this is the single most important question you could ask about your application.

It sounds so trite, so Norman Vincent Peale, but my goodness this works.

It's trite to say but it's true.

2 if the keen learning materials, knowledge, even if the trite objects spend more time, it will be difficult to remember.

This sounds trite, but involves a set of skills that is more than simply hearing the words spoken or reading the words on the written page.

It may sound trite to say he is greater than perfect, but that is how it seemed.

To cause to become banal and trite through overuse .

The trite answer is "hello world" .

Check out this post for tips on how to avoid sounding awkward, trite, or boring.

In fact the photo would have made the idea trite.

Although these phrases can work in speeches, they come across as wooden and trite in writing.

It sounds trite, but it's true.

That was true no matter how trite it sounded.

trite (of remarks, ideas, etc. ) to often used to be meaningful or effective

Saw often refers to a familiar saying that has become trite through frequent repetition: Saw

The result is the development of Chinese painting to a extreme, or self-proclaimed conservative, stick to trite;

a flaming pyre of costly . trite delights