Adjective, : the trite phrases in his letter. ,The commencement address was trite and endlessly long. From Dictionary.com.
Even the most obvious triteness is acceptable, provided it comes with a postmodern wink. From Wordnik.com. [A Reader's Manifesto] Reference
I'm concerned about the unbearable triteness of Krugman. From Wordnik.com. [I'm concerned about Paul Krugman.] Reference
At the risk of triteness, two wrongs don't make a right. From Wordnik.com. [Censorship across the Pond: So what?] Reference
"But Spider-Man 3 never transcends tentpole movie triteness.". From Wordnik.com. [GreenCine Daily: Spider-Man 3 and the previews of summer.] Reference
Despite my best efforts, triteness drips steadily into my fiction. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-08-01] Reference
How can we rival the triteness and sparkliness of those sentences?. From Wordnik.com. [Glasnost and perestroika EU style] Reference
In hardships the humour of triteness outweighed a whole world of wit. From Wordnik.com. [Seven Pillars of Wisdom] Reference
But attention on triteness now at this moment is just not the way to go. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 20, 2002] Reference
The writing issues that concern Orwell are wordiness, triteness, and vagueness. From Wordnik.com. [The cage of language] Reference
I resented the triteness of it almost as much as I resented the girl on the bed. From Wordnik.com. [Wired] Reference
In unity there is strength; a truism that is no less valid for all its triteness. From Wordnik.com. [Tonight on The Terrordome: COINTELPRO's War Against Afrikamerica] Reference
I think he would find some right here -- not in the triteness of drug use, per se. From Wordnik.com. [Carol Smaldino: A Note on George Carlin about Steroids and Sports from a Practical Idealist] Reference
Which sounds unbearably trite, I know, but it's nonetheless true for its triteness. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-05-17] Reference
Would that one could care, but Hammerstein preaches his sermon with head-thumping triteness. From Wordnik.com. [The Importance of Not Being Earnest] Reference
"How do you feel?" he asked, realizing and hating the triteness of the words, even as he said them. From Wordnik.com. [Planet of the Damned] Reference
I must crave leave to say a few words, despite the triteness of the subject, about the modern Sinaitic race of Arabs. From Wordnik.com. [Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah] Reference
He stood atop the mountain now, "lost in thought" the expression which came to mind, despite its triteness, accurate. From Wordnik.com. [The Arsenal]
But even that richness of texture could not overcome the thematic triteness - the jungle prowled by cops and crooks alike. From Wordnik.com. [A Conversation After Miami Vice] Reference
Horace, or a lay of Catullus, is made to look, except in mere paraphrase, must not talk of the poorness or triteness of the. From Wordnik.com. [The Modern Scottish Minstrel , Volume I. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century] Reference
"Open it, dear, and you will see," replies Letitia, who is merely curious, and would not be accused of triteness for the world. From Wordnik.com. [Molly Bawn] Reference
Colonel: But in the current, digitized world, trivial information is accumulating every second, preserved in all its triteness. From Wordnik.com. [Letting Data Die A Natural Death] Reference
It's frequently noted on funeral wreaths but is no less true for its triteness -- may the passage of time ease the pain a little. From Wordnik.com. [mazurka in C sharp minor] Reference
Then they exchanged those words, full of emotion, which, in their eternal triteness, are like music in the ears of those who love. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
"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 Wordnik.com. [Nell, of Shorne Mills or, One Heart's Burden] Reference
He tried to fathom this evil stealer of children, but found nothing to read beyond the triteness of the black clothing and tough guy hair. From Wordnik.com. [A Corpse is a Corpse]
In an evil moment he said, without being conscious of the triteness of his remark: "Do you not think, sir, that Milton was a great genius?". From Wordnik.com. [Frost's Laws and By-Laws of American Society A condensed but thorough treatise on etiquette and its usages in America, containing plain and reliable directions for deportment in every situation in life.] Reference
Punko, which spoofs the triteness of the odd-couple formula. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
Dulness, sameness, triteness, are they essential parts of life?. From Wordnik.com. [The Altar Fire] Reference
Newsweek's cover story matches Time's in the triteness category. From Wordnik.com. [NY Post: News] Reference
Julia, the triteness of that fear proves that you love not at all. From Wordnik.com. [Paul Clifford — Complete] Reference
You don't come it over me with the triteness of these round numbers. From Wordnik.com. [Fantasia of the Unconscious] Reference
These had the colourless triteness of a story retold a hundred times. From Wordnik.com. [Father and Son: a study of two temperaments] Reference
His phrases were French, but they had all the weary triteness of these; while. From Wordnik.com. [Bonaventure A Prose Pastoral of Acadian Louisiana] Reference
To enumerate instances would be to inflict good folks with triteness and truism. From Wordnik.com. [Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 06 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Artists] Reference
Stewart, and Stephen Collins -- can overcome any triteness they might be provided. From Wordnik.com. [About.com Sci-Fi / Fantasy] Reference
Mrs. Weaver made this latter announcement with an air of triumph in its triteness. From Wordnik.com. [The Wizard's Daughter and Other Stories] Reference
It even commits both cardinal sins of new age triteness, sound effects of birds and water. From Wordnik.com. [Latest reviews @ Progarchives.com, the ultimate progressive rock music website] Reference
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