How To Use Trite In A Sentence

The Plover is to be communicated with each year by a man-of-war — the Amphitrite is the next. The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II
Like sausages, bacon tends to be very salty and may also be preserved with the chemical sodium nitrite, which has been linked to an increased risk of stomach cancer.
That was rude of me, Colbert says, faux contritely. Stephen Colbert walks out on 'The View'
Maybe she's confused by your claim because she knows what the word trite actually means. Okay. I'm up for it tonight. I'm live-blogging Hillary Night at the Democratic Convention.
As for the remaining four songs, 'Wrapped Around Your Finger' and 'Tea In The Sahara' are doomy ciphers, the former possibly about marriage, the latter open to a handful of interpretations, none of them exactly upbeat, while 'Synchronicity I' is a trifle explaining the title concept and the monster hit 'Every Breath You Take', is ostensibly a trite love song with it's icy and obsessive core just barely concealed. Synchronicity

It may sound trite, cliche, corny, even, but I would like to thank my parents.
Production of the weak acid nitrite and excretion of undissociated nitric acid may help to stabilize cytosolic pH.
his remarks were trite and commonplace
Viv," I said, contrite, and reached out a hand: I was greatly shaken, not having expected her tears. Port Eternity
‘It was also clear that he was genuinely contrite and that he had never previously been in any kind of trouble with the police,’ he said.
I thus set up an independent program to investigate chemical and spectroscopic properties of compounds of atmospheric importance, focusing on those that are unstable and difficult to handle in the laboratory, such as hypochlorous acid, chlorine nitrite, chlorine nitrate, peroxynitric acid, etc. Mario Molina - Autobiography
Phenol can be produced from aniline by reacting aniline with a mixture of sodium nitrite and hydrochloric acid to give benzene diazonium chloride, that when heated gently, gives off nitrogen to leave phenol.
How heartening it is in these cruel and trite times to know that real talent may still receive its just reward.
It's a trite and hackneyed old platitude - but sometimes, you do just have to stop and look at what's around you.
All public water supplies in Laois were also fully compliant with the standards for ammonium, nitrate, nitrite, odour, pH and turbidity.
It would be far too trite to say that rugby changed his life. Times, Sunday Times
Children need to be aware of the real world, not force-fed trite fairytales.
A man should pray with eyes fast-closed and head contritely bowed.
One linguist notes that the essence of an eggcorn is that it takes a stale metaphor or trite cliche and breathes fresh life into it. Eggcorns: Folk Etymology Creating New Meanings Every Day
Skilling's arrogance, belligerence and lack of contriteness under questioning made him a lightning rod for the rage generated after Enron sought bankruptcy protection in 2001.
Intriguing, but some of it borders on the tritely aphoristic. August « 2009 « Squares of Wheat
And I find the 'turn' is not cute, but cutesy - in other words, trite. "Scorpions" by Chris Fox
With a few exceptions, the lyrics are somewhat trite and cornily rhymed (on "Empty Pictures," about the negative effects of media and advertising: "They can show you pictures of the world that looks so nice / But you can walk out of your door and see with your own eyes"). Playback:stl Syndication
It was spiritual, but it wasn't trite.
These divisions were placed in the Bloody Lane because they had been heavily attrited during the engagements at South Mountain.
I am immensely contrite, and I am sorry for the damage that I've done.
His love jams are often trite and he spends far too much time riffing on the phrase ‘do it.’
I'm not saying the characters aren't trite, I'm just saying the film goes out of its way to portray the whalers as uninformed rather than demonizing them.
The uncertainty and ignorance of things to come, makes the world new unto us by unexpected emergencies; whereby we pass not our days in the trite road of affairs affording no novity; for the novelizing spirit of man lives by variety, and the new faces of things. Christian Morals
Inorganic anions used as the model anions were sulfate, fluoride, chloride, bromide, nitrite, nitrate, chlorate, iodide, thiocyanate, and perchlorate, used as their sodium salts.
As apologies go, it was about as contrite as you can get.
Television advertising is overpoweringly loud and often trite and tasteless, particularly those awful ads for motorcars.
Embrace exist in a world where these clichés are acceptable - not sick-making or trite but accurate and airtight.
Covering force units attrite the enemy, deceive him as to the location of the MBA, slow his speed of advance, cause him to mass, and may cause him to divulge his intentions. FM 90-4 Chapter 4
What really happens once the episode concludes with its trite little ending is that the Klingons replace the flintlocks with Uzis, and the Federation ups the ante.
Compare and contrast this contrite pose with the self-same penitent jailbound all over again last year as a result of felling two motorists during a wee spell of road rage.
The sentiments may be trite, but the graphics are often novel, demonstrating originality and computer skills above the ordinary.
Tannin, organic acid, phenolic compounds, flavone, carbohydrate, sterol, triterpene, amino acid, protein, volatile oil and fat were detected, There are higher contents of fat and flavone in the dregs.
I guess this is the point where I should be contrite and say I was ashamed of myself, but I wasn't.
Nitrate must be converted to nitrite before nitrosamine can be formed.
Beneficial anaerobic filter bacteria require oxygen to oxidise nitrites to safer nitrates.
The first two clips highlight our efforts to attrite Taliban 5th Corps in the north near Mazar-i-Sharif. CNN Transcript Oct 23, 2001
It is discovered that nitrite, diazo compound and 2-naphthalin-1-sulfonic intensively disturb the determination of anilin.
The most common ingredients prescribed were iodides, organic nitrites, stramonium, belladonna, atropine, hyoscyamus, tobacco smoke, and menthol.
The seemingly forward question sounded very trite and commonplace in the blunt honest tone she used.
He knew he was supposed to be feeling suitably contrite and sorry, but there was nothing.
Most of the critical treatises in the classical tradition are trite and commonplace.
The leaves are triternate, divisions deeply cut and acute; the leaves of the involucrum are stalked, trifid, and deeply cut. Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies.
Oriental alabaster, the alabastrites of the classical writers, is a translucent marble (calcium carbonate) obtained from stalagmitic deposits; because of its usually banded structure, which gives it some resemblance to onyx, it is also called onyx marble, or simply, though incorrectly, onyx. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize
But by virtue of the last principle — the retardation of acceleration of time — we have the proceleusmatic foot u u u u, and the _dispondæus_ ----, not to mention the _choriambus_, the ionics, pæons, and epitrites. Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Beaumont and Fletcher
It may sound trite but we all must accept the cards that Providence deals to us.
The trite maxim, * A place for everything, and everything in its place*, so commends itself to the sense of fitness, as hardly to need exposition or enforcement; yet while no maxim is more generally admitted, scarce any is so frequently violated in practice. A Manual of Moral Philosophy
In the 1970s the Food and Drug Administration responded to public concerns by dramatically cutting back on the quantity of nitrates and nitrites that could be added to foods.
The combination of horrific makeup, abhorrent timing, and trite jokes has literally become painful.
Purification and characterization of a bacterial nitro - phenol oxygenase which converts ortho-nitrophenol to catechol and nitrite. Recently Uploaded Slideshows
And admittedly at first the outline sounds trite. Christianity Today
She tried to ignore how adorable he looked, all contrite and repentant.
We believe that overall each of those remaining four divisions has been significantly attrited to this point, significantly degraded. CNN Transcript Apr 4, 2003
If only they had used biblical language at least it would have sounded less trite, hackneyed and cliched.
A gentleman and a scholar throughout and, though it might sound trite, he's won a lot of people over in this World Cup for his British bulldog spirit.
In eutrophic lakes that are stratified, concentrations of N2 may decline in the epilimnion because of reduced solubility as temperatures rise and increase in the hypolimnion from denitrification of nitrate (NO3) to nitrite (NO2) to inorganic nitrogen (N2). Chemical properties of lakes
By 1953, I had published a paper entitled "Reactions of strips of rabbit aorta to epinephrine, isoproterenol, sodium nitrite and other drugs". Robert F. Furchgott - Autobiography
Why invent something so trite? Times, Sunday Times
Repeated exposure to nitrite could lead to an unfavourably high frequency of mutations.
A most probable number method using diphenylamine as a color indicator was employed to enumerate denitrifying bacteria, which produce enzymes for conversion of nitrate to nitrite and nitrite to ammonia in soil.
So it's difficult to get involved with the film's rather trite love story. Times, Sunday Times
It is certainly not a quality that should be derided or dismissed as trite - it can be studied, and it can be learned.
Here is a list from one package: sodium phosphates, sodium ascorbate, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite, potassium lactate, sodium diacetate. Casein Not in All Sodium
Thanks to this Photoshop job of a “real-life” Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtleby binome on Worth1000, I find my usually-indomitable vocabulary reduced to the most painful and trite of exclamatory internet cliches. Thanks, Photoshop!: Real-Life Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle
When his infantry began to become attrited during their attacks, he pulled them back to allow his mortars and heavy machine guns to weaken the French resolve. THE NEWS BLOG
Nitrites react with haemoglobin to form methaemoglobin, which is incapable of transporting oxygen. Musings from a Stonehead
Yet we're struck dumb or rely on trite explanations when pushed to elaborate.
It is trite law that, in general, foreign penal acts of a confiscatory nature are not recognised in England.
Glycyrrhizin, a triterpenoid compound, accounts for the sweet taste of licorice root.
This book comes with its head down, in contrite manner, but its eyes sparkling for the adventures its had. Wild Mind: Writing as Spiritual Practice | Write to Done
Glycyrrhizin, a triterpenoid compound, accounts for the sweet taste of licorice root.
We are chagrined, we are contrite and we are genuinely grateful to you for correcting us.
He is very contrite and so sorry and we hug and he tells me he loves me and is so sorry and also is crying.
He keeps salt in the sugar bowl and is contrite when the photographer takes a gulp of salty tea. Times, Sunday Times
Words to look for on ingredients lists include sodium chloride, monosodium glutamate, baking soda, baking powder, disodium phosphate, sodium nitrite, sodium propionate, and sodium sulfite. You: On a Diet
She'd have to placate him, to be properly remorseful and contrite if that was what it took to heal her marriage. HERE BE DRAGONS
It's terribly trite, but I honestly think I have the best mother in the world.
Although, I do feel that poop jokes don't go far if they are presented in a trite way, but here again it is in the a matter of the presentation of the joke.
The publisher has inserted an erratum slip noting three errors in dates and explaining that a contrite Hoban ‘writes at all hours of the day and night, sometimes when a little the worse for wear’.
When these amido bodies are treated with sodium nitrite and hydrochloric acid they undergo a chemical change, the feature of which is that the nitrogen atoms present in the amido compound and in the nitrite unite together and a new compound is produced which is called a diazo compound, and the operation is called "diazotisation". The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student
Some analogous alkyl nitrites, such as amyl nitrite, are known sensitizers in humans.
But by virtue of the last principle — the retardation of acceleration of time — we have the proceleusmatic foot u u u u, and the _dispondæus_ ----, not to mention the _choriambus_, the ionics, pæons, and epitrites. Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Beaumont and Fletcher
That the champagne was on ice for Texas was both a trite phrase and a fact. Times, Sunday Times
To bend the rather trite phrase, you can't judge a schmo by his cover.
But as the firms began contritely co-operating with officials on settlements of the charges, investors responded rapidly.
Similarly, in crayfish, entry of nitrite into the blood plasma is associated with the oxidation of copper atoms (Cu1+ → Cu2+), whereby functional hemocyanin is converted into methemocyanin that cannot bind reversibly to molecular oxygen. Inorganic nitrogen pollution in aquatic ecosystems~ causes and consequences
We had a very specific back to back tariff with BT and the program management that we put in place for that business to attrite off of the network was almost mapping that one for one. SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page
He answers how he wishes to answer; he is contrite without offering contrition.
This butterfly effect is cited so frequently that the example has become trite, which is too bad because society still behaves as if the phenomenon does not exist. Jeff Schweitzer: Tomares, Typhoons and Terrorism
That's the 'Amphitrite' -- fleet supply and maintenance. A Question of Courage
It was paid pursuant to a compromise of legal proceedings and it is a trite law that that constitutes a completely new agreement.
Of the works that take a discernible stand - many are appealingly vague - 95% are anti-war, and most are frankly rather glib and trite in this expression.
Shakespeare, even though it should appear trite; which illustrates the emblematical meaning often conveyed in these floral tributes; and at the same time possesses that magic of language and appositeness of imagery for which he stands pre-eminent. The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon
When advising readers on choosing titles carefully, you caution against titles that may be too silly or trite.
The chemical reduction of nitrate to nitrite requires metabolic energy.
What we believe we say in the Baghdad and Medina divisions is we had attrited both of those formations, both materially and also morally (sic), to the point where when the first MEF, the Marines came on the Baghdad Division and then when 3rd ID hit the Medina Division, they were incapable of a coherent defense. CNN Transcript Apr 4, 2003
The house was in the style that is now called Queen Anne, of red brick quoined with stone, with large-framed heavy sash windows and double doors to each of the principal rooms, some of which were tapestried with Gobelin arras representing the four elements -- Juno, with all the elements of the air; Ceres presiding over the harvest, for the earth; Vulcan with the emblems of fire; and Amphitrite drawn by Tritons personifying water. John Keble's Parishes
the trite metaphor `hard as nails'
The most probable number (MPN) measurement showed that the overwhelming quantity of nitrosobacteria immobilized on biofilm was the main reason for stable and high nitrite accumulation in the reactor.
I've started a post for this thread two or three times, and what I've written always looks trite, cheesy or embarrassing.
Sodium nitrite is dissolved in distilled water and diluted to volume.
Mr. Gugle's letter of apology does not come across as contrite, it's more like he seeks to self rationalize his untruthfulness. Heroes or Villains?
A The smiley, contrite look bridges all linguistic barriers. Times, Sunday Times
This is more than the trite truism that there is a thin line between love and hate.
Mysliwy et al. reported the formation of NPYR from sodium nitrite and pyrrolidine in vivo in dog stomach.
If she were well and truly contrite, mayhap the Almighty might show mercy, let hers remain one of Will's secret sins. HERE BE DRAGONS
Amphitrite" hung off our port bow, a tiny silver dot in the distance, and as I watched two more silver dots winked into being beside her. A Question of Courage
Organic nitrates were soon discovered to share many of the pharmacologic properties of amyl nitrite, and by 1879 the sublingual administration of nitroglycerin was established for relief of acute anginal attacks.
The following morning a very contrite, and hung-over rep made straight for Sunny to apologise profusely for his behaviour of the previous night.
The final hour has long past on the horror spoof and, sadly, all that's left is hackneyed jokes and trite dialogue.
The outlet can contain nitrite or hydrogen sulphide.
Siegel recalls that "He's So Fine," their first effort with the sublime girl group The Chiffons, was thought "too trite" for even b-side status by their label Capitol. Michael Sigman: 'The Lion Sleeps Tonight' at 50: A Song for the Ages
I always assumed these books were filled with trite palliatives.
Amphitrite" could set up a mine screen that would take care of any long range stuff, -- and we could dodge it. A Question of Courage
Morale seems a little better, doesn't it, Marsden?" he said to me as the "Amphitrite" flicked out into threespace and we followed. A Question of Courage
US President Barack Obama has contritely urged tourists to visit gambling heaven Las Vegas after recent remarks that were interpreted as telling Americans to shun recession-battered "Sin City.
This is both a trite platitude and a profound proscription.
These compounds are literally rained onto the earth in the form of nitric and nitrous acids that replenish the earth's nitrogen content by forming nitrates and nitrites in the soil.
Now in repentance this uncircumcised heart was humbled, that is, it was truly broken and contrite for sin. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume I (Genesis to Deuteronomy)
And he ended with a homily, trite or profound according to taste.
The second epitrite was considered the most distinctly Doric. Critical and Historical Essays Lectures delivered at Columbia University
It sounds a trite phrase, but it is not. Times, Sunday Times
Aim:To search for novel modulators of glycogen metabolism through structural modifications of natural pentacyclic triterpenes.
A commenter would really have to persistently go out of their way to be worthless, to develop a clear pattern of being at once trite, obnoxious, brainless, and valueless in sum, having nothing at all to contribute and being distinguished from a troll solely by persistence efore graduating to Freder's persona non grata status. Now, let me be Instapundit for a while.
It may get worse when they get close to Baghdad, but, again, heavy Air Force bombing day after day appears to have, to use the Army's word, attrited, that is to say, badly downgraded the units which are supposed to be defending Baghdad. CNN Transcript Apr 2, 2003
It's grabbier than the common and trite phrases. Analysis
His lyrics about love and peace are too trite for me to take them seriously.
These aren't bad things at all - it's the trite Italian-American menu unadventurous eaters adore.
No apology, no matter how contrite, is ever deemed sufficient. 2008 June 12 « Unambiguously Ambidextrous
Instead of standing contritely he had a tantrum and consequently was locked in the principal's office. Christopher Brauchli: Crime and Children's Punishment
If, from the loftiest epic to the tritest novel, a heroine is often little more than a name to which we are called upon to bow, as to a symbol representing beauty, and if we ourselves (be we ever so indifferent in our common life to fair faces) feel that, in art at least, imagination needs an image of the Beautiful -- if, in a word, both poet and reader here would not be left excuseless, it is because in our inmost hearts there is a sentiment which links the ideal of beauty with the Supersensual. What Will He Do with It? — Volume 07
I was expecting a trite plot and dialogue that would mimic Ebonics, not Southern dialect.
Some recreational drugs also contain nitrates, such as amyl nitrite and butyl nitrite. Xml's Blinklist.com
There's nothing wrong with putting your hand up, accepting that you've made a big mistake and saying sorry in an honest, contrite declaration.
Fang learns too that he must forage for his food, so he becomes a clever thief. 27 And during his revery (to make the parallels with Buck more trite than they already are), he wanders to the edge of the forest and stands “and listens to something calling him far and away.” Le Milieu, Le Moment, La Race: Literary Naturalism in Jack London's White Fang
Grimly, Auguste marched back through the tent into the kitchen, with a contrite Boris trailing behind.
Use of nitrites could lead to a heart attack in people who have blood pressure or heart problems. Taking Drugs Seriously
I'm always wary of narratives that try to prove a point about human psychology; it's usually some trite universalist nonsense about sex or gender.
The relentlessness of the jokes grows wearisome, and the ending is perfunctory and trite.
Last year, Trites was surprised to see beluga muktuk on the menu in an Iqaluit restaurant.
They are being attrited as an outcome of the newly feminized learning environment. Males, Females, and College, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
Nitric oxide can react with superoxide yielding peroxynitrite, an oxidizing agent that induces lipid peroxidation, sulfhydryl oxidation of proteins, and nitration of aromatic amino acids.
Use of Ammonia, Nitrite and Nitrate test-kits will give you an accurate measure of how effective your bacterial filtration is.
Some were contrite, and apologized directly to the families of those they had murdered.
The wry performances of the leads gloss over the trite machinations of the plot. The Sun
Dan is sipping from a bottle of DesignatedDriver (tm) nonalcoholic beer and feasting from an array of nutritional crack placed before him: Cheezie Nuggies, nitrite-soaked ham rollmops, and Nacho Nodules. Shampoo Planet
“The head of Sci-Fi channel has contritely promised to includemore homosex in future shows, and to do it nonchalantly, just as if this abomination is normal and natural and worthy of no comment.” and: At the crossroads of desire and fear, we find such things as this « paper fruit
Burns' dialogue has a natural, unforced rhythm that contains a fair number of wry one-liners that compensate for occasional bouts of triteness and pretentiousness.
Sounds trite, but this makes a big difference. Times, Sunday Times
The first official relations were formed between France and China when the missionaries brought thither by the "Amphitrite", the first French vessel seen in Chinese waters (1699), presented gifts from Louis XIV to Emperor K'ang-hi. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss
That may change, but for now surely we are witnessing the wages of eight years of FISA, the Patriot Act, overseas renditions, Guantanamo, tens of thousands of Islamists 'attrited' in Iraq (cf. the much ridiculed 'flypaper trap' theory), the routing of the Taliban from Afghanistan, Predator attacks in Pakistan, and quiet European intelligence work that would be classified as "shredding the Constitution" if it were done here in the US. Latest Articles
Deponit, Transderm-Nitro, others), isosorbide dinitrate (Dilatrate-SR, Isordil, Sorbitrate), isosorbide mononitrate (Imdur, ISMO, Monoket), and others; nitrates are also found in some recreational drugs such as amyl nitrate or nitrite Blogpulse Top Links
By comparison, the Cadillac's 16 overhead valves and pushrods sound trite at best.
This may sound trite, but you cannot afford not to experience this four-day workshop.
CutRite was a leap in convenience, but aluminum foil carried wrapping to another level.
The juice contains nitrates that convert to nitrites when exposed to saliva. Times, Sunday Times
You'd think that being contracted to churn out songs like a musical sausage machine, would lead to a cacophony of trite pappy pop.
But some press reports said a piece of orange found in his mouth might have contained amyl nitrite, a chemical "popper" that makes the heart race and heightens pleasure. Getting The Kinks Out
We tested the pond water and discovered dangerous levels of nitrite.
‘Even if a system is known to have minimal leakage, regular testing for nitrite or molybdate is recommended,’ he says.
Each registers a distinct floral note — the lilies and gladioli for the funeral parlours, irises and tulips and birds of paradise for the wives of contrite husbands, pink and crinoline-white carnations for the velvet lapels of hopeful prom kings, thorny roses for the lovers and poets and perky daisies and mums and marigolds for the pick-me-ups and get-well-soons. Virginity
Nitric oxide and nitrogen dioxide were chemically assayed as nitrite from sorbent tubes by using spectrophotometry.
That spending like a drunken sailer is so trite it is an embarassment. Think Progress » Obama: Gitmo Has ‘Been Subject To A Lot Of…Pretty Rank Politics’
Leaving aside the inevitable demonising of the military, large corporations and industry, the lionising of noble savages in ecstatic pantheistic harmony with their computer game vegetation – all of which are irritating enough in their own right – the dialogue was so mind-numbingly trite, it make Titanic look like Proust. James Cameron, Avatar Aeolist « Anglican Samizdat
I tell him that, tritely and reductively, this could be his own story. Times, Sunday Times
Anderson avoided what he called the trite "dancing natives on the beach," so popular in the TimesArgus.com: Barre/Montpelier Region
I know the members of the morning show are truly contrite.
He courteously includes any stray whim that floats through his mind, however original or trite, and lets it dart away without probing further.
If only they had used biblical language at least it would have sounded less trite, hackneyed and cliched.
She smiled contritely, her voice sounding oh so reasonable. Three Stages of Amazement
His lyrics about love and peace are too trite for me to take them seriously.
What we think we're seeing them do is move to reinforce other forces that have already been significantly degraded or attrited at this point. CNN Transcript Mar 31, 2003
It was striking, although its tone was less contrite than last week's recantation.
Knowing H, he may just resort to a denial tactic where every courier, parcel delivery and / or mail system is “interdicted and attrited with extreme prejudice” purely to prevent delivery. Cheeseburger Gothic » I dips me lid to Lord Bob of Nowhere.
Scatophagus argus (Argus Fish, Spotted Scat) are sensitive to nitrites.
In general, it would be good for you to check the hardness of your water, whether or not your tap water is chlorinated, and maintain low ammonia/nitrite levels.
The movie is teeming with obvious and trite ideas.
I agree that the anti-military turn of Northeast Democrats after Vietnam has badly damaged that reputation, and attrited some of our best military assets. Is Kerry obsolete yet?
The movie is occasionally trite, often formulaic, and frequently familiar.
He then issued a contrite public apology for his ‘foolish mistake’ before frantically trying to avoid being tracked down by the media.
It sounds trite, but there is a serenity about her. Times, Sunday Times
M. O'BRIEN: As you think about this moment, do you think it was -- the term closure is such a trite ... CNN Transcript Jun 9, 2006
The lad's nationality had nothing to do with anything, a fact contritely conceded later by the person who made the first remark.
Then, falsely contrite ," I didn't mean to suggest you've ever hit a woman. THE LAST PLACE
The other side of the issue is more direct: defending against hit-and-run (i) radically increases the economic cost of fielding an army, (ii) radically reduces military effectiveness, and (iii) if not done effectively, will gradually attrite the army to the point of lacking military effectiveness. The Volokh Conspiracy » Burma Gun Controls:
There're a couple of cartoons and trite quotations on a noticeboard left over from the previous tenant but nothing reassuringly mine (except for the not inconsiderable mess).
You might say that this is a trite example, but that's a value judgement.
It is certainly not a quality that should be derided or dismissed as trite - it can be studied, and it can be learned.
What's most stunning to me, however, is how Incognito manages to avoid the trite tropes of the old racial passing narrative where the shock of black ancestry is revealed, seems repulsive and, as a result, goes unreconciled. Marcia Dawkins: Fosberg's Incognito No More
If they sound trite and corny to somebody, well so much for that. The Sun
We flicked into threespace just in time to see a volcano of fire erupt from "Amphitrite's" side and the metallic flick of the Rebel scout slipping back into Cth. "What's your situation, 'Amphitrite'?" our signal asked. A Question of Courage
‘It sounds idealistically trite now,’ she says.
It manages to be about several things at once, without seeming confusing or trite.
Then again it was the age of the horribly trite, formulaic action movie, so it was largely a sign of the times.
Here is a list from one package: sodium phosphates, sodium ascorbate, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite, potassium lactate, sodium diacetate. Casein Not in All Sodium

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