How to Use trite in a Sentence

trite

adjective

• That argument has become trite.
• Watch them and ignore the trite plots.
  — Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
• On its surface, the words could be seen as trite coach speak.
  — Rustin Dodd, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2026
• Both of them—to use a trite phrase—seem burdened by the past.
  — Connie Bruck, The New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2017
• There’s 11 guys out there at any one time to be trite about it.
  — David Moore, Dallas News, 24 Aug. 2021
• To be completely trite, a whole new world has opened up for me.
  — Krista Stevens, Longreads, 2 Feb. 2023
• Then, like a trite scene from a B-movie, my sister called.
  — Kate Clark Stone, PEOPLE, 1 May 2026
• But it wasn’t based off some trite strategy.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 13 Nov. 2025
• This said a lot more to me about courage than any of the trite dialogue did.
  — Ben Brantley and Jesse Green, New York Times, 21 June 2017
• Its first season felt like a preamble – slow and trite.
  — New Atlas, 28 Jan. 2026
• And the notion that those who come are stealing jobs away is also trite and false.
  — Luis Enrique, Billboard, 6 Oct. 2017
• But, the beauty of comics is that even in the quaint and the trite, the seeds of sagas are planted.
  — Richard Newby, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Apr. 2018
• There comes a time, however, when money talk grows trite even among best friends.
  — Troy Renck, The Denver Post, 16 Mar. 2025
• The advice itself is, as good advice often is, trite.
  — Brandon Kochkodin, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
• At the same time, the vocabulary isn’t trite, and there aren’t too many proper names.
  — New York Times, 29 May 2022
• The show’s premise, like its title, is both indistinct and somewhat trite.
  — Judy Berman, Time, 18 Mar. 2022
• To say that the signs are everywhere is trite because the signs are everywhere.
  — Sami J. Karam, National Review, 18 Aug. 2021
• Khosla responded with a trite and rude retort that the company was fine.
  — Vanityfair.com, VanityFair.com, 21 Apr. 2017
• So, here are three modest gender-reveal ideas, all of which do away with the trite pink-or-blue conceit.
  — Washington Post, 20 May 2021
• No, this wasn't some trite January matchup on a chilly Cleveland night.
  — Chris Fedor, cleveland.com, 16 Jan. 2018
• Maybe there was something to this thing for me, in the new year — something trite but true about pushing out of my comfort zone.
  — Alli Harvey, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Jan. 2020
• To Stewart, the summary feels trite.
  — Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 10 Jan. 2026
• Doesn’t art have to risk more sentiment and a less ambiguous ending to make its point, or would that be too trite?
  — Mick Lasalle, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Mar. 2018
• His argument is that language matters; if the words are trite or imprecise, the idea is too.
  — William Meredith, The Atlantic, 10 Aug. 2021
• The desire to win this one for Hamlin might seem trite to cynics, but that desire is real.
  — Chad Finn, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Jan. 2023
• Finding all of the must-sees in an enormous pile of skippable spots is, to be trite, like finding a needle in a haystack.
  — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 12 June 2024
• The sentiment is trite and too hung up on wordplay, as a lot of Carrie’s writing tends to be.
  — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 15 Aug. 2025
• This is not a trite think-piece to tell organizations when to speak and when not to speak on the high-stakes issues of the day.
  — Anne Marie Malecha, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2023
• The Emoji Movie might be a trite and uninspired, but emojis themselves are not.
  — Clio Chang, New Republic, 31 July 2017
• Walk On,’ a salve about hope and redemption that seemed trite and mawkish several months ago.
  — Max Londberg and Timothy Finn, kansascity.com, 12 June 2017