| 单词 | trite |
| 例句 | On General Hospital or Guiding Light a similar story might come off as trite or even laughable. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z “Plenty of fish in the sea” was too trite. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z The only expression more trite than tongue in cheek is tongue firmly in cheek. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Good luck sounds so trite and pointless in the face of this. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z There’s a trite saying among the faithful, goes like this: “God answers all prayers. And sometimes his answer is no.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z In books and movies they say, “Let’s talk about you,” or, “Tell me all about yourself”—but that is when they first meet, and seems trite anyway. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Because I am loud and talkative, my words are thought trite and silly. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Only one viewer was rapt, leaning forward in her seat, nodding at each trite sentiment, smiling while dabbing at wet eyes. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z He doesn’t say it to me anymore because Mom told him it was trite. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “Well ... I assumed it was some kind of. . . occasion. But I didn’t think it would be some trite human thing . . . prom!” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Now everyone is so opinionated but their opinions are about trite things, the shoes on the runway or does that girl on the red carpet look better than another woman in the same dress. On the Runway: A Few Minutes With Marco Zanini 2011-04-21T20:13:39Z A friend who writes for television says her writers’ room has an expression for any trite, overly familiar idea — basically, anything that feels too much like TV. The Ice Cream Sundae Must Be Stopped 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z Rather, with few exceptions, such as a scene in which Jack tries to wheedle Valium out of a pharmacist, the play remains trite even as it approaches seriousness. Review: In Matthew Perry’s First Play, a Chandler Gone to Seed 2017-06-05T04:00:00Z Proving definitively that slapping Mr. Franco’s scenery-eating grin on any old drivel doesn’t guarantee entertainment, “Why Him?” is trite, crass and insultingly moronic. Review: ‘Why Him?’ Better Yet, Why This Movie? 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z As trite as that sounds, Matt, it is very powerful and uniquely human. "Silly is healthy": "Animaniacs" star on laughing through throat cancer & finding a whole new fandom 2021-04-03T04:00:00Z The way to get through your own sitcom, it seems, is to embrace that which would seem trite in any other context: Forgive and forget in 21-minute cycles. Perspective | How do we manage to get along in confined spaces? ‘One Day at a Time,’ perhaps. 2020-03-23T04:00:00Z But it also includes a few patches of rock/pop music that in context sound trite — mere kitsch. Review: Liz Gerring’s ‘Horizon,’ Exuberantly Athletic, Has Its Premiere 2015-12-13T05:00:00Z The result is an overbusy picture jampacked with subplots, all of them quite trite. 'Ice Age: Continental Drift' melts under a load of 3-D 2012-07-10T19:16:05Z What happens next will yank the film from observant coming-of-age drama to trite crime caper — a disappointing swerve into snitching, double-crossing and discordant violence. ‘Low Tide’ Review: Jersey Boys to Jersey Men 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z Self-discovery through artistic expression is often trite, but Frank's rehabilitation and transformation readily win us over when we're least expecting it. 'Laugh Killer Laugh' pulls off an offbeat crime caper 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z Well, it may be trite but it happens to be true at work and at home: treat people the way you like to be treated — with respect, patience and kindness. Motherlode Blog: How She Does It 2011-09-01T17:27:52Z My favorite books of the year involve investigations into sentiment that steer well clear of the toxic realm of the trite. The Books We Loved in 2015 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z A brilliantly elusive play about the shifting nature of reality is turned into a trite lecture on the danger of nationalistic militarism. The Prince of Homburg 2010-07-27T23:24:00Z It was nostalgic without being trite, moving without being over the top, and brilliantly, incisively honest. The best TV episodes of 2017, from The Deuce to Line of Duty 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z More entertaining, if still trite, are a series of jazzy interludes for a flapper ensemble, in nightclubs and city streets. Review: Eifman Ballet of St. Petersburg Goes ‘Up and Down’ 2015-05-25T04:00:00Z “Even when you have a challenging viral moment, I don’t think it’s trite to say at least people are talking about you, they’re engaging with you, they’re weighing in with their perspective.” How ‘The Breakfast Club,’ home to brash hosts and irate rappers, became a one-of-a-kind campaign stop 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z Con“trite”: Sorry for having sent the Empress a joke that has 7 million Google hits. Style Invitational Week 1355: The inside word — our ‘air quotes’ contest 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z In most roles she has come to epitomize the trite facility that has become the worst characteristic of too many City Ballet women. Critic’s Notebook: Versions of Sugar Plums at New York City Ballet 2012-12-29T01:10:26Z Still, there’s a thin line between charming and trite, one that’s crossed often here. Theater Review: ‘Beertown’ Requires Audience Participation 2014-02-05T19:30:11Z Such novels sound to me to be what might be even worse than manipulative: trite, faux-deep. An Answer to the Novel’s Detractors 2014-12-02T05:00:00Z Yet comparisons to Graham Greene and Paul Bowles might already qualify as trite. Let’s not mince words: Lawrence Osborne’s ‘Beautiful Animals’ is a great book 2017-07-11T04:00:00Z Not to be trite, but in matters of emotional healing, it takes as long as it takes, but you will notice a change. I lash out at my boyfriend 2013-03-13T00:00:00Z And faced with a tired or platitudinous premise, Mr. Jackson goes blank: it happens on “You Go Your Way,” a song of marital dissolution, and “Everything but the Wings,” a song of trite angelic metaphor. New Music: New Releases From the Beach Boys and Alan Jackson 2012-06-04T22:19:12Z But “What Makes You Country” is a step backward, a fusillade of trite cliché. For Luke Bryan and Blake Shelton, You Can’t Teach an Old Country Bro New Tricks 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z As for “The Perfection,” it’s a trite jumble that confronts its ripped-from-the-news theme as an impersonal check box. “Ma” and “The Perfection,” Reviewed: Two Horror Movies Crassly Exploit #MeToo 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z It says something that the tagline was not rejected as trite. The Truth Is Hard. But for a New York Times Lawyer, Defending It Is Fun. 2019-03-11T04:00:00Z And I love to — I mean, this sounds so trite, it sounds like I'm a pageant contestant — I love to learn new things. Mo Rocca on "Mobituaries," celebrity deaths and what we get wrong about Billy Carter 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z Publicly, Lombard mouths trite platitudes about his vision for America even as he removes a Secret Service agent from his detail because the agent is taller than he is. ‘The Short Drop’ review: Deadly politics 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z I recently gave a Q&A about how to get a TV series made, and suddenly a trite article appeared saying that I was teaching because I'm so broke. Lynda LaPlante, screenwriter and novelist – portrait of the artist 2013-05-28T16:24:46Z Even the most trite Netflix drama is too slickly done to be easily switched off. Clive James: ‘Even the most trite Netflix drama is too slick to be ignored’ 2016-12-31T05:00:00Z It’s almost trite to point out how the fashion industry uses the language of division—labels, lines—to organize its moving parts. Tyler, the Creator’s Fashion Statement 2016-06-14T04:00:00Z As the Oxford English Dictionary writes, a cliché is a phrase "regarded as unoriginal or trite due to overuse." Clichés may grate like nails on a chalkboard, but one person’s cliché is another’s sliced bread 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z The idea of might-have been alternatives struck me as trite and nothing new. ‘Constellations,’ With Jake Gyllenhaal and Ruth Wilson, Opens on Broadway 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z And his lyrics, while elegantly structured, rarely get beneath the surface, especially on songs like the deeply trite “Hollywood,” about getting chewed up by that town. Review: Tobias Jesso Jr., Puppyish and Playful, Plays the Mercury Lounge 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z Kander’s arsenal ranges from hopeful hymns to sassy blues, and his earnest grounding allows him to hit notes of pure menace and simply stated hope without sounding bombastic or trite. Life after a teen kidnapping in new Kander-Pierce musical ‘Kid Victory’ 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z When a throwback doesn’t work, for whatever reason, is misfire reminds us of how trite the entire era seems in retrospect. Where to invest: "Black Monday," "Suits" or Snoop Dogg's "The Joker's Wild"? 2019-01-19T05:00:00Z But I’d introduced this song from Disney’s “Cinderella” into my routine during a gloomy winter spell, because it displays Armstrong’s ability to transcend trite material, infusing it with musical integrity and good humor. Ways to Spend a Virtual Day With Louis Armstrong 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z I realize that sounds silly and trite but the sympathy and kindness of strangers that I have personally experienced has been incredible, to say nothing of the aid my friends have offered. “No one knows if New Orleans will live again”: A digital diary of Hurricane Katrina, 10 years later 2015-07-03T04:00:00Z It might be trite, but I honestly think by letting those you are opposed to — you may never change their mind — feel they are being heard . There's no shame in "A Sexplanation," a fun, honest documentary that steps in where sex ed left off 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z As a choreographer of solos and duets Ms. Clements insisted on trite anguish over form. Dance Review: Expressing the Pain of Being Left Behind 2011-02-06T22:28:14Z Ms. Sullivan’s follow-up to her best-selling novel, “Commencement,” is pickled in female emotions but less trite than its counterparts in the chick lit genre — and blessedly devoid of banter about Manolos. Newly Released Books 2011-06-15T22:35:38Z The writing was trite and cliched, as were the situations, with the exception of the scenes dealing with Jamie's trauma. ‘Outlander’ Season 2, Episode 2: The Wounds We Carry 2016-04-16T04:00:00Z Though I found the eventual twist rather trite, it’s exactly the sort of thing that clicks with Oscar voters, and Dizzia is so committed that you’re inclined to just go with it. Oscars 2020 Predictions: Who Will Win Best Picture, Actor and Actress 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z How do you describe pleasure without sounding breathlessly trite? Why doesn't fiction deliver birth scenes? 2012-08-05T18:00:01Z When it was coming out when there were so many shootings, I was worried it would sound trite to talk about a television show in the midst of it. Stranger Things’ David Harbour on Playing a New Leading Man 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z The music he performs — entirely trite pop-jazz items — is the production’s best element. Dance Review: Claude Wampler’s ‘N’a pas un gramme de charisma’ 2013-02-05T22:24:53Z Though the detail may seem trite, it’s rubbed many pro bakers the wrong way. Bakers are furious with Hershey's over missing Kiss tips: ‘Shame, shame, shame!’ 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z But we also hear a lot of trite background music, alternately bouncy and ominous, the kind familiar to fans of “Monk” or “Murder, She Wrote.” Television Review: Jackson Brodie Mysteries on PBS - Review 2011-10-14T23:14:58Z But with the best will in the world, we’re not here for the quality of chat, which is a particular strain of trite. Meghan Markle is the perfect fit for our new touchy-feely royal family 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z It may seem a trite ploy, the abused continuing a cycle of violence and two brothers using each other as punching bags, but nevertheless, this scene also breaks Bill wide open. 'Masters of Sex' Recap: I Will Fix You 2014-09-14T04:00:00Z Or perhaps this is simply proof that shock humor and gross-out gags, no matter how trite, still have their eager fans. “The Happytime Murders”: A sad excuse for grown-up comedy 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z Even her best work tends to be efficient pastiche, and when “For the Love of Duke,” staggeringly trite, was new at City Ballet in January, it was a strong contender to be her worst. Dance Review: Ballet Meets Broadway Choreographers and Composers 2011-05-26T21:20:50Z As America just watched Eric’s final scene on the show, Chris deems the Rose Ceremony trite in light of the grandiose finality of death, which is true. RECAP The Bachelorette Watch: Connecticut Yankees In Andi's Court 2014-06-03T04:00:00Z Sadly, in this trite ragbag of cliches, they are nowhere to be found. Birmingham Royal Ballet – review 2012-10-29T18:31:00Z Its chief sin, however, is that it’s trite. Netflix’s “Atypical” is offensive, but that’s not its real problem 2017-08-07T04:00:00Z The acting is never subtle, the exposition often trite. Downton Abbey Watch: Mastercheese Theater 2012-02-13T14:15:46Z The “life lessons that our innocent hero learns may sound like the tritest of homilies,” Stephen Holden wrote in his review for The Times. What’s on TV Saturday: ‘Sierra Burgess Is a Loser’ and ‘Gone Girl’ 2018-09-08T04:00:00Z The script, by Wilkins, couldn't be more trite or abysmal. Review: DASSdance's 'Nevermore' is a mess, with some flights of spectacular dance 2010-05-15T16:23:00Z The expression, “Get used to rejection” may be trite and overused, but it certainly is true. 6 Ways to Deal With Rejection 2015-09-01T04:00:00Z And while trite may be preferable to embarrassing anecdotes from the bride and groom’s childhood, that’s an awfully low bar. A Wedding Day Saga Ends With Words From the Heart 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z The category name itself reduces half the population into a very ridiculous “Jeopardy!” category, full of trite stereotypes. Women respond to sexist category on “Jeopardy!”: This is what we really want 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z Many of the trite expositions and unnecessary narration of his previous shows have been cut in favor of purer emotion. John Leguizamo has fun focusing on his career 2011-03-23T02:27:14Z Lollipop can sound trite on record, but it was harder to dislike when the man singing it had just leapt from the piano to merrily straddle his keyboard player. Mika – review 2012-07-31T17:38:39Z But what if, instead, trite literature dulls the senses and makes one less able to appreciate quality, complexity, real insight? Review | Paulo Coelho’s ‘The Archer’ aims for profundity but misses 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z The film falters along with Ally and Jackson’s relationship, gets tedious and trite – with the exception of the incontinence – and sometimes enormously boring. Why A Star is Born should win the best picture Oscar 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z On its face, Martin’s observation may be simple, and it may be trite, but it bears repeating just the same. Coldplay attacks social and political unrest with hope on "Everyday Life" 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z How difficult is it to put those sorts of feelings into lyrics without sounding trite? Domestic bliss 2011-06-24T07:47:40Z This may sound like a trite answer, my brother Dr George Miller, but storytelling is just part of being a human being. Spike Lee: 'Race relations today are the direct result of having a black president' 2020-06-12T04:00:00Z Washington loads the title line with portent and melancholy as he delivers it, and it still sounds trite. Great acting can only take HBO Max's throwback noir "The Little Things" so far 2021-01-30T05:00:00Z —Elif Batuman My favorite books of the year involve investigations into sentiment that steer well clear of the toxic realm of the trite. The Books We Loved in 2015 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z For a book that begins as a literary work, the final chapter closes it disappointingly, with a long poem addressed to Gleeson’s daughter with trite you-go-girl encouragement and New Age affirmations. Wresting Insight, and Poetry, From Pain 2020-03-24T04:00:00Z That sounds pretty trite, but I believe it. ‘Better Call Saul’: Jonathan Banks Says Goodbye to Mike 2022-08-16T04:00:00Z Mr. Koons’s lawyers said that his appropriation of the image constituted fair use, arguing that the sculpture was intended as a parody of the kind of trite, mass-produced sensibility that the photograph represented. In Twist, Jeff Koons Claims Rights to ?Balloon Dogs? 2011-01-19T23:37:46Z On, then, to the first of the week’s banquets, which was little more than another photo op, a joyous exchange of toasts over fiery mao-tais and trite words. A Witness Sees History Restaged and Rewritten 2011-02-11T19:47:04Z It’s a sometimes rocky road cinematically, slipping from enchanting to trite, magical to indulgent with some regularity. Review: Saving Dad, and Finding Herself, in ‘My Name Is Emily’ 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z But in “Only Gold” the simplistic story and trite dialogue drag the dancing down. Review: In ‘Only Gold,’ Each Move Is Worth 1,000 Words 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z Among Others does not, however, make the trite equation of wilderness with magic, for several quite commonplace-seeming human beings in the story also have supernatural powers. Among Others by Jo Walton – review 2013-03-30T10:01:01Z What follows, our reviewer writes, is “a nation exposed over and over to itself, as in an enormous mirror, part trite situation comedy, part science fiction, part cop show.” Pandemics in the Pages of ‘The Stand,’ ‘Severance’ and More 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z Watching “Bull” after seeing “Hamilton,” it is difficult not to want to reach into the television and yank Mr. Jackson to higher ground, somewhere beyond the reach of trite stories and synthetic fabrics. Beyond ‘Hamilton,’ for Better and for Worse 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z Modern criticisms of reality television, trite as anti-TV paranoia of Foster Wallace’s era, are not entirely separate from these concerns. Watching “The Real Housewives” with David Foster Wallace: Why reality TV is good for America, after all 2015-07-12T04:00:00Z The idea that a charlatan might offer more solace than a real priest is a trite concept, but it’s one that “Corpus Christi” portrays with conviction. ‘Corpus Christi’ Review: An Ex-Convict Finds His Calling 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z "They really are some works I'm proudest of as a songwriter," says Ehrens of his latest forays, "so I hope people aren't so distracted that they mistake them for disingenuous or trite." New band of the day (Dungeonesse No 1,489) 2013-04-10T16:04:38Z Unfortunately Mr. Spacey’s lines don’t always live up to the subtle power of his performance; the writing isn’t Shakespeare, or even Aaron Sorkin, and at times, it turns strangely trite. | 'House of Cards': ‘House of Cards’ on Netflix Stars Kevin Spacey 2013-01-31T23:08:08Z By comparison, the gay relationship tale Next Fall – Red's only serious competition – must have seemed provincial and trite. The Tonys' battle for Broadway 2010-06-14T21:00:00Z Bartok heard this on the radio, found it trite, and cited the passage mockingly in his own “Concerto for Orchestra.” Borrowing, appropriating and stealing as old as art itself 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z This “you” generalizes the experience of an eating disorder until it’s trite, a perverse teenage milestone. Pretending to Play the Violin 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z You can take just so many scruffy, grim survivors gnawing on the same trite dilemma for so long. ‘The Walking Dead’ Season 8, Episode 3: Cut to Black 2017-11-05T04:00:00Z A month later, in a final parting shot to the Nation, he elaborated: “It may now seem trite to say that September 11 and other confrontations ‘changed everything.’ Christopher Hitchens’ last years: Islam, the Iraq war and how a man of the left found his moment by breaking with the left 2016-02-14T05:00:00Z Springer’s “final thought”, which attempted to paper over the atrocities of a given episode with trite platitudes, is present in every motivational quote posted to Instagram. Farewell to The Jerry Springer Show: 27 years of fights, bleeps and outrage 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z He’s looking for something both sentimental and trite: a guardian angel. Books of The Times: A 9-Year-Old Fan of ?A Fan?s Notes,? Finding Truth in His Own Fiction 2010-09-29T20:52:00Z Cantaloupe’s presentation is less impressive; the disc’s aquatic hues don’t make up for a lack of liner notes or the trite imagery on an accompanying DVD. Classical Playlist: Beethoven, Brahms, John Luther Adams and More 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z Our terrible government cries out for a hard-hitting comic attack – but this is trite. Coalition – Edinburgh festival review 2012-08-16T14:18:56Z Highsmith accused her mother of “trite conversation,” earning a slap on the face, while Mary joked that Highsmith loved the smell of turpentine, which Mary had drunk while pregnant, hoping to miscarry. The Many Faces of Patricia Highsmith 2021-04-19T04:00:00Z A slightly trite lyric about loving yourself no matter what! New music: Little Mix – Wings 2012-07-02T10:49:00Z A deeply original work that is also deeply influential may yet in time be trite. Review: In a New ‘Salesman,’ the Lomans Look Like All of Us 2022-10-09T04:00:00Z A lot of the observations in “Breaking Bread” — the repeatedly offered notions that food is a common language or that politics has no place in the kitchen — seem trite and perhaps overly optimistic. ‘Breaking Bread’ Review: Peace Meals 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z The understated narrative, presented in a way that borders on twee, but never trite, contains themes of surprising weight and consequence. The Best Video Games of 2018 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z It's almost trite to point out how much that clap-happy vision was papered over a society that was, in fact, in serious distress. The Reagan era and "Us": Sins of the '80s still haunt America in Jordan Peele's horror tale 2019-03-23T04:00:00Z Roc Marciano even takes an effective stab at a trite conceit on “Jungle Fever,” anthropomorphizing drugs as a woman: “Had to hide you from my mother ’cause you didn’t have color.” Playlist: Debuts From Roc Marciano and Miranda Cosgrove 2010-05-07T17:23:00Z One reader, Cheryl from Fullerton, Calif., remembered that “30 years ago this film blew me away” only to find it “trite, misogynistic and actually boring” when she rewatched it with her grandsons. Who’s Your Wingman Now? Pushing the Envelope With ‘Top Gun’ 2020-03-24T04:00:00Z It would be hard to overstate how blunt, heavy-handed and trite are the works in “Historic Photographs,” the first solo museum exhibition by the 85-year-old Mr. Metzger in the United States. Art Review: If It?s About Atrocity, Does That Make It Good? 2011-06-16T20:47:42Z Each time, I found myself marvelling at James Cameron's technical achievement and easily ignoring the film's often trite storyline. Audiences will be blue in the face after Avatar: Special Edition 3D 2010-08-26T11:48:00Z It’s uplifting — literally, sometimes characters lift each other up — but not schmaltzy or trite. Need an Uplifting Show or Another British Mystery? We’ve Got You 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z But none of them could compensate for a work so musically trite and dramatically slack. ‘The Enchanted Wanderer,’ by the Mariinsky Theater, at BAM 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z “I think people were looking for inspiration on social media that didn’t seem like trite or cliché spirituality,” Mx. Bunny Michael Is a Rapper and Meme Maker 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z This cannot help but read as trite in a hellish conflict where hundreds of civilians have been killed and more than a million people have been displaced. Politics & performance: Why Zelenskyy succeeds where others fail 2022-03-05T05:00:00Z But that quickly gets lost in a cringe-y “My Humps” drag montage and a trite lessons-learned subplot in which working with women helps Lee appreciate his long-suffering wife. Work It: Say No to the Dress 2012-01-03T14:31:57Z This essentially light, good-natured book tries to invoke powerful, elemental emotions using a vocabulary and imagery too trite to do the job. The Crane Wife by Patrick Ness – review 2013-04-20T10:30:01Z It sounds almost trite, but I believe in an educated electorate. Lonnie Bunch, the Smithsonian’s first black leader, on the challenge of making it ‘a place that matters’ 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z Corden cropped up again this week in One Chance, a trite comedy inspired by the overnight success of Britain's Got Talent winner Paul Potts. Toronto 2013: Reporter's diary 2013-09-12T13:42:39Z Fortunately, the whole of this seriocomic assemblage, which opened on Tuesday night at the 59E59 Theaters in a Primary Stages production, is not as shrill or trite as some of its elements. | 'Motherhood Out Loud': ?Motherhood Out Loud? - Review 2011-10-05T02:01:58Z “God’s Country” may sound trite in synopsis: It’s about a variety of characters venting about their troubles during a Bible-study group. The Baltimore apocalypse: Small theaters, wild visions This may sound trite, but there's something graceful about this cross-cultural culinary gesture. 'different words' reveals promising playwright in Kimber Lee 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z Son took this simplistic set of six variations at a good clip, making the bell-like texture more trite than profound. Review | Pianist plays with grace under pressure 2018-04-30T04:00:00Z It’s always a challenge to not be redundant or trite. Rise Against protests against lack of protest songs 2012-01-24T14:21:00Z Maybe dream space sounds a bit trite, but certain artists make works that operate so that you feel like they show a netherworld, but one that is closely connected to our reality. ‘He Raises the Bar for Me’: 4 Artists on the Influence of Bob Thompson 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z This is too trite, even for you all. Kim Kardashian meets Trump and critiques that don't reek of sexism 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z Khruangbin plays a spellbinding twist on surf rock and soul that would be considered trite if it weren’t so appetizing. Listening Booth: Thailand’s Shadow Music 2016-03-30T04:00:00Z The English lyrics to Malzieu's unnecessary songs are burdened with stretched rhymes and trite images. 'Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart' beats with imagination 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z This week’s exposure of the college-admissions scam is significant exactly because, in its trite ordinariness, it makes granular and concrete what is usually abstract and difficult to pin down. The College-Admissions Scandal and the Banality of Scamming 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z The simple nostalgia of “Inglewood,” the tired capitulation of “Perfect Word,” the trite metaphor of “Heaven”: they all faded quickly. Music Review: Heaven, Love and Water, but No Dreaming 2011-04-15T23:00:12Z “It almost feels trite to say,” Ludwig-Leone said, “but it’s just true that the process of making this work has absolutely paralleled the process we’re trying to write about.” A Song and Dance Collaboration, Straight Outta Swamplandia 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z Though a bit trite, it perfectly encapsulates his feelings while showing he can’t resist spending more time with Philip, not only as lovers but also as companions and friends. Eyewitness review – a compelling and complex crime show remake 2016-10-16T04:00:00Z It’s trite to say that awards are irrelevant to the quality of the movies; they’re as relevant as we or, really, the financiers of movies make them. Why are female narratives still undervalued by Hollywood? 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z And just a few movie seasons later, what was once a cherished rarity has either become aural wallpaper or a trite, eye-rolling cliche. Perspective | Filmmakers are making their soundtracks do all the work, and it’s getting a little lazy 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z That may sound simple and trite, but it’s a basic human decency often passed over. Four Black Artists on How Racism Corrodes the Theater World 2020-06-10T04:00:00Z Instead, the fake funeral was gentle and moving and hilarious, because Better Things is sentimental without ever being trite, and, by contrast, painful when it should be soothing. Better Things gets better: Pamela Adlon triumphs without Louis CK 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z In fact, the allegation most often levelled at a confessional essayist tends to be that they are writing in a trite and essentially superficial way about themselves: the literary equivalent of navel-gazing. Confessions in new women's lit: Emily Gould, Meghan Daum and Sloane Crosley 2010-07-31T23:06:00Z And I did not want to reduce Max to the trite image of the good little boy that you find in too many books.” Where the Wild Things Are Author Maurice Sendak Dies 2012-05-08T12:50:11Z It seems trite, to have that as a goal. Brandi Carlile opens up about overcoming insecurities, her latest Grammy win and her new memoir 2021-04-02T04:00:00Z The concert’s final number was her solo rendition of Bob Dylan’s “Forever Young,” a trite song that mocks baby-boomer narcissism. Review: Joan Baez and Friends in a 75th-Birthday Celebration of Duets 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z Modern Loss is a repository of essays, resources and advice that the founders try to edit so that it doesn’t sound glib, overly religious or trite. An Online Generation Redefines Mourning 2014-03-21T21:07:21Z Yeo said he painted Blair with the poppy to represent his role in the war in Iraq, but said this “shouldn't be trite or too judgemental”, but the image made waves in Britain. In Pictures: Jonathan Yeo 2013-09-18T08:14:45Z I know it's trite for writers to do the whole "checks notes" thing but in my notebook after this timestamp I've scrawled, "Get a grip!" "The Real World Homecoming: New Orleans:" Nothing good happens on Bourbon Street 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z In expressive, musical, and formal terms, “Private Light” is foolish and trite. Dance Review: American Ballet Theater Returns to City Center - Review 2011-11-09T22:54:34Z “I find them, to be honest, quite trite and quite annoying,” Peaches said. Raunchy Provocateur Exhibits a Different Passion 2010-12-10T23:35:00Z Peace, albeit trite, is what I want in my short life. Singer Frank Ocean wants peace, says no charges against Chris Brown 2013-02-03T02:50:36Z In trendy, eclectic, overexposed Brooklyn as packaged for TV, even the sagacity has turned trite. Television Review: ‘Brooklyn DA’ Begins on Tuesday on CBS 2013-05-27T21:42:21Z Recommending a culinary travel show episode as an entry point to understanding this conflict may seem trite. In 2023, nobody knows how to discuss the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In 2013, Anthony Bourdain did 2023-10-22T04:00:00Z But when things do happen, the action seems trite and well-trodden. Review: Chevalier's latest novel disappoints 2013-01-22T19:01:05Z In 1813, Beethoven wrote a symphonic work so noisy and trite that most scholars consider it an embarrassment. Loud, Louder, Loudest: How Classical Music Started to Roar 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z A promising story about a madman and his puppet fast becomes a trite tale of a father and son as the combustible Mr. Gibson is tamped down, and Walter is brought back into the fold. | 'The Beaver': Leave It to the Beaver to Do All the Talking 2011-05-06T07:53:01Z When one alienates the other, they engage in trite rituals of reconciliation: “I understand you probably did not know you hurt me.” Review: Look Up! It’s Amy Schumer in ‘Meteor Shower’ 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z The term “family” has come to mean “for kids,” which has come to signify something trite, manipulative and saccharine. Perspective | Audiences love family films. Hollywood might be catching on. 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z She asks Remington if he’s aware that his ambition is “hopelessly trite.” You May Not Like Lionel Shriver’s Characters. That May Be the Point. 2020-05-19T04:00:00Z Even in trite creations, the dancers of BalletX are full-bodied — they seize the moment, prove wonderfully engaged and textured — while even in classic choreography, the Pennsylvania Ballet dancers appear trite: lively but glossy. In Philadelphia, Ballet Neighbors Divided by Style 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z It would be better if he was neglected, better if the private collectors were going nuts for trite garbage. Locking our Picasso away 2010-05-06T21:00:00Z Worse, it offers a trite moral that, however true of life, is rarely true for musicals: “So much can happen in a second.” ‘Breathe’ Review: A Pandemic Musical That Strains to Surprise 2021-05-18T04:00:00Z At best, it gathers snippets of disappointment, its numbers less songs than sets of strung-together aphorisms, verging on trite. Music Review | 'Making It': Soundtrack of Their End: Romance Curdles Onstage 2010-02-19T06:20:00Z The novel accumulates intensity by spurning trite expectations — about New York and about the Nigerian central character’s life there as a medical student. Teju Cole Pairs Text and Image to Explore the Mysteries of the Ordinary 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z It will be a loss without the fierce performances of Alcock and Carey who we've grown to love, both better than their material, soaring above the trite dialogue like those dragons. "House of the Dragon": The assassination of Rhaenyra's character 2022-09-18T04:00:00Z Rather than reproducing the trite ethos of language as power, Ye shows how words operate as weapons, comforts, memories and insufficient — if sometimes beautiful — representations of intent. Love’s Perils, Trauma’s Wounds: New Story Collections 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z Starting off with a definition might be considered trite, but sometimes the dictionary must be called upon. Miley Cyrus is MTV’s ‘Best Artist of 2013’ — But What Does That Mean? 2013-12-10T20:33:10Z Rather, they are dismissed with trite phrases like “Once you’re on a roller coaster it’s real hard to get off” or, even worse, with a musical number. Review: Hot Stuff Turns Cold in ‘Summer: The Donna Summer Musical’ 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z Shrink-wrap it further in a musical idiom so trite that all intention is sapped inexorably from the material, and even the hardiest existentialist would abandon the will to abandon the will to live. Old Earth – review 2012-06-17T15:46:45Z Poorly chosen, sentimental or trite text is likely to lead to similar dance. Lost in translation: does dancing to words work? 2011-04-06T15:58:31Z I know this sounds like kind of trite "Eat, Pray, Love"-esque advice. Burned Out: How to grocery shop when you're sick of cooking 2020-09-12T04:00:00Z As a theatrical design motif a row of askew arches is becoming a little trite. Music Review: A New ‘Werther’ at the Metropolitan Opera 2014-02-19T11:01:44Z “This was a person who was deeply engrossed in the history of the town and a magnificent storyteller — strong narratives that brought Charleston to life and weren’t trite.” How the Concierge Endures in an Internet World 2016-12-16T05:00:00Z “On a Roll” is arranged to replace the anguish of the original song with trite affirmations and empty empowerment messages. The Best Episode of the New “Black Mirror” Is a Princess Tale Starring Miley Cyrus 2019-06-05T04:00:00Z Tunes like these were the source of his whimsical nostalgic side, which was dismissed as trite, old-fashioned and square in the 1960’s and 70’s. Music Review: ?Makin? Whoopee,? at the 92nd Street Y - Review 2012-01-11T00:01:05Z As trite as it may seem, it really is the thought that counts, and that's where holiday baking really comes into play. Cookies, cakes and a little Christmas history: 5 of our best stories about holiday sweets 2021-12-26T05:00:00Z Eat it in its birthplace, however, and taste transcends trite; here’s the real deal. 36 Hours in Jamaica 2014-03-27T18:33:52Z Anything too literal, or too heroic, risks appearing trite. In the Galleries: Putting the ‘gold’ in ‘Gold Rush’ Truthfully, these contented few don’t really want or need anything, so gifting feels trite. | The Daily Gift: Amanda Moffat Pitcher 2013-12-11T14:00:23Z Unfortunately, too much of the material in “Mr. Sunshine” is predictable and even trite, including Crystal’s admission that she is terrified of clowns. Television Review: Sunny Town, Gloomy Boss 2011-02-08T22:17:19Z In the case of its recent production, “Out of Context — for Pina,” performed Tuesday evening at the Joyce Theater, the line is both trite and something of a stretch. Dance Review: Distorting Everyday Actions, With Movements Awkward and Active 2010-10-20T21:14:00Z It's what deprives his characters' inner struggles of any dramatic interest and what makes his supposedly profound philosophical insights so trite and useless, at least to anyone who lacks his self-absorption. Is Woody Allen a Great Filmmaker? Discuss 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z I don’t understand its appeal, given the competition — the trite, corny final movement really sinks the piece for me — but such artists as Heifetz, Perlman and Hahn have championed it. BSO at Strathmore: A well-balanced ensemble that hits right at the surface Most frustrating, it careens from high-intensity to low, from one aesthetic to another, with lyrics that begin at trite and move somewhere quite dimmer. Lady Gaga’s Stripped-Down New Album Fishes for Inspiration 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z It has become trite to assert that a setting functions as “another character” in a series or film. ‘Tokyo Vice’ Revisits a Faded Underworld 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z The beginning and end are deliberately trite, with showbiz music; but the middle is separate, extended, odd. Review: A Choreographer’s Head-Spinning Turns as Self-Revelation 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z But the Belcher family remains hopeful even when all odds are against them, which, Bouchard said, if not written well "could feel trite and small when the whole world is going through tough times." How "Bob's Burgers" uses "foxhole humor" to keep the American dream alive after 200 episodes 2020-11-15T05:00:00Z A slogan is ‘California the way it was,’ and while that may sound trite, it’s true.” Catalina Island, Ready for Its Face-Lift 2010-05-13T21:56:00Z To add insult to injury, the little dialogue these movies offer are trite and cliched. "Scream 4": a blind review 2011-04-18T22:36:00Z I'll try to keep from being trite, but it's been absolutely mind-blowing. 'Gotham's' Robin Lord Taylor is on a thriller of a ride as the Penguin 2015-01-03T05:00:00Z “It’s a sometimes rocky road cinematically, slipping from enchanting to trite, magical to indulgent with some regularity,” Jeannette Catsoulis wrote in The New York Times. What’s on TV Thursday: ‘My Name Is Emily’ and ‘The Tunnel’ 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z This said a lot more to me about courage than any of the trite dialogue did. Review: An Immersive ‘Seeing You’ Sends Its Audience to War 2017-06-21T04:00:00Z “Persons Unknown” follows a premise that’s now almost trite: Strangers are held against their will by an invisible enemy for no apparent reason and struggle to understand what happened and how to fix it. | 'Persons Unknown': In New NBC Drama, Guests Check In but Don?t Check Out 2010-06-06T22:11:00Z “That may sound trite, but to me it’s both a comfort and a blessing, and a constant reminder that I’m now in the place where I’m supposed to be.” For Two Longtime Acquaintances, a Second Chance at Love 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z It sounds like a very trite thing, but it's very easy to play female leads where the only thing you know about her is how she relates to the male. Romola Garai: Legacy and lads' mags 2013-11-27T08:03:31Z Determined to be a jolly crowd pleaser, it’s deft but callow: it treats its own characters, their relationships and its music as trite — clichés even. Dance Review: Nature Paints Backdrop for City Ballet?s Stars 2011-08-03T22:21:36Z However trite or obnoxious the characters, women had rarely been depicted with such candor and so, we’re told, the show is important. How to re-watch “Entourage” 2017-07-22T04:00:00Z Yet the result is bland, trite, harmless, and — oh, those dancing horses — foolish. Review: From City Ballet, a ‘Peculiar Marvel’ by Ratmansky 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z “To say I ‘found’ myself through this experience may be trite, but it’s also true,” writes one contributor. ‘Eat Pray Love Made Me Do It’: Really? We need to talk. 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z You could tell it was from Gary, so well observed without being trite or sappy. Gary David Goldberg, Creator of ‘Family Ties,’ Dies at 68 2013-06-24T14:07:06Z The thesis of the movie — that art can be restorative and help overcome cyclical, systemic failures — might seem trite. ‘Master of Light’ Review: Rebuilding Through Rembrandt 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z It’s just an excuse on which to hang two trite overbearing fables and one amusing one. Review: ‘Alice Through the Looking Glass’ and a Trippy Time Machine 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z As lively as it is, it would be trite to say that Jarvis Cocker sounds young again. Jarvis Cocker was one of the voices of Britpop. He’s still the voice for England’s disaffected who just want to dance. 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z The grand threat to our species, the Spartan virus, was spread through the most trite means — mandatory inoculations, like for smallpox. ‘The X-Files’ Season 10 Finale: Our Struggle 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z We can blame the new ballet’s scenario: it’s trite. Dance Review: Paul McCartney?s ?Ocean?s Kingdom? - Review 2011-09-23T23:00:16Z “Knowledge is power,” may be a trite statement, but it is also true. 4 Ways to Conquer Test Anxiety 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z That might sound trite or overly simplified, but I saw the deep fear that comes when you feel like you don't belong. "Pray Away" director on conversion therapy: "It's a movement of hurt people, hurting other people" 2021-08-03T04:00:00Z The avoidance of mime, the addition of a trite Jester, the rearrangement of several corps patterns in Act II, the acrobatic alterations to the ballerina’s lakeside and ballroom adagios are the most obvious. Mariinsky’s ‘Swan Lake’ at Brooklyn Academy of Music 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z Rather than rely on trite love triangles to lead to an assassination attempt on Titus by an old lover and a schoolboy friend, the director makes that friend and his sister modern-day refugees. Peter Sellars turns Mozart's last opera into a modern message of humanity in the face of terror 2017-08-14T04:00:00Z ‘Family home’ is a trite phrase, but that’s exactly what we have. Rob Lowe 2010-09-01T04:00:00Z No character, historically real or imagined, is immune from spouting a trite phrase. Review: ‘Texas Rising,’ a Mini-Series on Alamo Aftermath With Dialogue to Forget 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z Her own observations about Mrs T are trite. Chateau Despair by Lisa Barnard; The Real Iron Lady by Gillian Shephard – review 2013-03-25T11:00:01Z “The Engagements” uses the trite but stealthily satisfying device of telling different love stories in different time periods, from 1947 to 2012. Books of The Times: Beach Reads From Stephen King, Kevin Kwan, Carl Hiaasen and More 2013-06-06T21:14:31Z Give this dancer conventional series of leaps and turns and, though he can certainly deliver, he becomes trite; when spinning in Alexei Ratmansky’s “Namouna,” he actually seems to shrink despite all his speed. Dance Review: City Ballet?s Fresh Adventures and Jazzy Footwork 2010-06-03T22:29:00Z These are performances that dare to be as ordinary — “trite” is a much-used word — as the people they are portraying fear they are. Review: Listening to ‘Uncle Vanya’ With Virgin Ears 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z Both morals are too trite to qualify as revelations. Review: In ‘Fireworks,’ Second Chances, but No Magic 2018-07-03T04:00:00Z Now, in itself, that is a rather trite message. Is it design, or is it ... art? 2010-05-04T14:49:00Z Ms. Minot is smart enough to avoid a trite tale of healing and redemption. Susan Minot’s ‘Thirty Girls,’ and More 2014-02-26T21:15:54Z While its stylings, including perky music and cutesy graphics, can sometimes verge on trite, its insights and guidance are encouraging, actionable and necessary. ‘Fair Play’ Review: Casting a Floodlight on Invisible Labor 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z And they have spawned what passes in the fashion community for an intellectual spectator sport, with insiders splitting hairs over whether Mr. Jacobs is being brilliant, playfully trite — or just trite. The Survivor 2011-06-01T20:37:21Z Yet the trite nature of these brief moments exposes something far worse than the fact that not nearly enough progress has been made in movies over the decades. ‘Is That Black Enough for You?!?’ Review: A Miracle Decade 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z Yet aside from the bashing of an unlucky budgie, the film’s violence — like its trite revelation of Anna’s sleazy family history — leaves us unmoved. Review: In ‘Intruders,’ a Surprise Awaits Home Invaders 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z This is one of those mysteries where both the suspect and the sleuth keep making the kind of implausible, idiotic mistakes that generate trite suspense. ‘Intrusion’ Review: We’re All Trying to Find the Guy Who Did This 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z I'd met her a few times at cocktail parties, and the conversation had always been light, bright and trite about my ties or something like that. Diana would "entirely agree with Harry's assessment of the royal family," says royals expert 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z You are not only trite, but also a liar. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: Here’s what you can do with your ‘thoughts and prayers’ 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z Maybe every writer is doomed to have their tritest sentence become their most-tweeted, but in Joan Didion’s case, it feels particularly unfair that “we tell ourselves stories in order to live” has become so ubiquitous. From literary heavyweight to lifestyle brand: exploring the cult of Joan Didion 2015-08-17T04:00:00Z Obviously, it takes work to avoid the trite and sentimental with such a hearts-and-flowers subject. 'Making Babies': into the unknown country of motherhood 2012-05-09T21:13:05Z Others, like David Mitchell, craft elaborate and inventive narrative contraptions to convey what amount to rather trite sentiments. It’s time to embrace Denis Johnson’s beautiful corruption 2014-11-02T04:00:00Z And the ones who would love him — entombed as they are in trite conventions of thought and feeling — barely register at all. ‘Booth’ Pushes an Assassin Off Center Stage 2022-03-08T05:00:00Z But these nuggets feel so precision-engineered to showcase Smith’s hard-earned self-awareness that they appear trite, even insincere, when juxtaposed with his riotous magniloquence. Review | In Will Smith’s memoir, the superstar is self-deprecating but ultimately invincible 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z He and his sinister side-parting investigate the dread deed, ably backed up by the CPS massive, spouting trite aphorisms about "caring too much" and generally behaving like actors rather than proper legal professionals. Tonight's TV highlights 2011-03-07T07:59:00Z The staging gets right to the excoriating core of Ibsen's play, but the update leaves his plot looking a little trite. Avignon festival week two roundup: Seagull dead in the water, but Ibsen comes alive 2012-07-25T15:29:08Z Many critics have interpreted it that way, and some have complained that for Malick, the scene is uncharacteristically trite. Your guide to Terrence Malick's "Tree of Life" 2011-07-02T16:54:00Z At best, it’s mildly entertaining; at worst, trite and shoddily assembled. Review: Momix Shoots for Astonishment With ‘Alchemia’ 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z Not that anything is theoretical: If most plays of liberation involve trite slogans and metaphorical pickets, it’s bracing to see one that’s a drama instead of a diorama. Review: Getting Intimate at ‘Dr. Ride’s American Beach House’ 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z Let me close by sharing just one: “There is nothing so trite or pat as an ‘unreliable narrator.’ Review | Is it a memoir? Is it a novel? A shadowy writer toys with our expectations 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z It was just sophomoric: a trite exercise in cynicism about how to win grants and ingratiate yourself with followers by performing predictable and unalarming work. Review: ‘Solos’ Features Four Women in Works Reflecting the Arab World 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z But it actually manages to be both trite, inane fluff and seriously pernicious, sending what is a depressing message to young girls who see Billie Piper as a role model. TV Hall of Shame: #2 Secret Diary of a Call Girl 2011-02-09T13:04:29Z When they're trying to be funny, it's a disaster: trite parodies and boring drunken singalongs. Rough Stones 2012-11-05T16:09:28Z And I’m reminded of the time my father and I were piteously rained upon at the climax of “Bohemian Rhapsody,” underscoring just how trite that script was. Watch Movies in 4DX and You’ll Get an Education in Filmmaking 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z It sounds so trite and over-Instagrammed but be in the present, be in the moment and really relish it – because if you live too much in the future you’re just going to drive yourself mad. Anya Taylor-Joy: 'Whenever I’ve got a girlfriend role, I’ve sent it back' 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z The plotting sidles right up next to trite, but Brunstetter’s style is so frank and funny it’s easy to stay engaged. New Brunstetter play and ‘Floyd Collins,’ looking for wings 2016-06-06T04:00:00Z And why, after 50 minutes of bombast, the trite little ending of such false modesty? BBCSSO/Nicholas Collon – review 2012-05-27T11:47:53Z What you intend to convey is “couldn’t care less,” which is very trite today but at least would make sense. 2010-02-03T13:55:00Z Disingenuousness, stupidity, the trite and the obvious: all are anathema to Mara's nature. Rooney Mara: 'I've been guarded since I was three years old' 2013-03-02T06:00:00Z She knows it sounds trite, but she says the real reward was playing Clark in the first place. Sarah Paulson: ‘If I’m terrified, I feel compelled to do it’ 2020-09-27T04:00:00Z That is, the playwright wasn’t entirely convinced that telling a story led to anything as trite as catharsis. Postscript: Edward Albee, 1928-2016 2016-09-17T04:00:00Z I mean, this is really trite, but just a self-criticism — I wish that I had just been able to listen to people. "It's a tool, it's a Swiss Army knife": Aimee Mann on how individuals deal with trauma through art 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z What should be sweet is saccharine, what might be profound seems trite. Review: ‘Walter’ Is Obsessed With Fate 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z When the dancers strut across the stage in high heels, Mr. Keigwin is in his comfort zone, but when he illustrates something weightier — a relationship gone awry — his gestural language turns trite. Dance Review: Spirals in and Out of Dark Obsession 2011-03-09T22:37:51Z Black Americans don’t need reflexive, trite gesturing on race. Nine black artists reflect on the question: “Is America at a point of reckoning?” 2020-07-03T04:00:00Z “The Alienist” is saddled with some unfortunately trite dialogue that the actors never seem comfortable saying, at least not without using their schmancy, neither-here-nor-there accents. Review | Long past its bestseller heyday, ‘The Alienist’ arrives late to a 19th-century crime spree 2018-01-21T05:00:00Z With the trite “Hot Summer Nights,” not so much. Review: ‘Hot Summer Nights’ Is Trite, Sexist Opportunism 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z If the headline, appropriated for fashion spreads too many times to count, read trite, the clothes did not.” | Balenciaga Wins! 2011-03-05T02:23:20Z But despite this sure-footed narrative, the writing frequently feels hurried and trite. The Struggles of Modern Motherhood in Essays, a Thriller and a Dystopian Novel 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z Katona never knew her biological father, who died a few years ago, and I don't think it's too trite to suggest she has been throwing herself at substitutes all her life. Kerry Katona: 'Sometimes I think I attract drama' 2013-07-06T08:00:00Z The sparkly backdrop is a little trite, and the costumes by Katherine Roth are likewise glossy pastiches of period classics, slick suits for the men and silky wrap dresses for the women. Theater Review: Dancing to Twyla Tharp and Sinatra?s Music 2010-03-26T04:27:00Z In its commentary on popular culture, “The Other Two” encompasses fond teasing of Bravo and E!, disgusted satire of celebrity discourse, and attacks on Internet influencers ranging from the #trite to the impishly innovative. The Startling Sweetness of “The Other Two” 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z Forget the trite literary pleasures of a gourmet meal or a champagne toast: Here is an author who marked the completion of his book by ingesting it. Whether You’re Making a Meal or Cleaning an Oil Spill, There’s a Fungus for That 2020-05-27T04:00:00Z Don’t expect this novel to deliver trite messages about the redemptive power of makeshift families. Novels by Kathleen Alcott, Vu Tran and Alaa Al Aswany; a Memoir by David Payne 2015-08-26T04:00:00Z With all there is to potentially say about that, the show chooses a predictable and possibly trite way to wrap up the episode. Review | ‘The Twilight Zone’ returns, in case anyone needed the extra anxiety right now 2019-03-31T04:00:00Z Everything onstage encouraged the idea that ballet was the tritest and most predictable of all art forms. American Ballet Theater Holds Its Spring Gala 2014-05-13T04:00:00Z Byron’s tragic narrative got buried long ago under multiple layers of showy accretions and trite, formulaic music. Critic’s Notebook: Ballet Clings to Racial, Ethnic and National Stereotypes 2012-09-05T15:11:19Z And that’s one of the many irritants in this trite, well-intentioned lecture on tolerance: The audience is always several moves ahead of the script. Review: ‘Jenny’s Wedding,’ a Lecture on Tolerance 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z Its use of the spoken word kept us clear about emotions and facts; its four men went through fairly conventional, occasionally trite, forms of mutual supportiveness, with little dance interest. For Gay Pride, Dark Dances of Mystery, Anguish and Desire 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z He says this is someone he hasn’t seen since we’ve been married, that he doesn’t care about, and that the signature “Love you always” is just a trite saying. Ask Amy: Open e-mail brings out the worst in marriage 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z While some of the ancillary characters and situations can feel a little stock or trite, the relationship between the Wei-Evans siblings is rendered with the unexpurgated sprawl of reality. What Happened When Kelly Yang Moved ‘Back Where She Came From’ 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z “Tharlo” instead opts for fleeting charm and shaggy humanism, until the narrative takes a grim turn that’s both trite and sexist. Review: In ‘Tharlo,’ a Shepherd’s Life Upended by a Trip to the City 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z After Marie submits the work to a publisher, the novel — which, from excerpts, sounds mawkish and trite — is hailed as “the end of postmodernism” and “ ‘Anna Karenina’ for the Internet generation.” ‘Lila, Lila’ Stars Daniel Brühl as an Impostor 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z But Dee’s tender recollections of Carmen — a kiss under the stars, or a sweetly sarcastic put-down, as trite and unforgettable as in so many first loves — form the beating heart of “The Wholehearted.” In 'The Wholehearted,' a female boxer looks for redemption out of the ring 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z It's this type of deeply embedded signalling, she said, that leads to trite phrases like "slaving in the kitchen." What's in a name? Shedding racist images and branding is just the start of breaking the Jemima Code 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z It is totally unconvincing and just sounds like another trite example of our era's refusal to accept the existence of true genius. Attack on Jane Austen's genius shows neither sense nor sensibility 2010-10-25T11:02:00Z Words that might be thought "at best maudlin, at worst painfully trite" become transformed in the "mouth of an expressive, and doomed, teenager". Noises off: Theatre that makes us see differently 2012-05-25T08:35:20Z The piece is not without its trite plotlines, which also include a stumbling, limb-locked brawl between two buddies and a woozy foursome among the sly Michelle Fleet and three prowling men. Paul Taylor Dance Company at Lincoln Center Out of Doors 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z That ending was the opposite of trite - I've never seen an action series conclude in such a manner - ok, perhaps the Fifth Element many years later and clearly in part a homage to Star Wars. ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Embraces the Magic and Mystery. Read Our Review. 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z Despite Stanley later in the piece writing, "Ms. Rhimes has embraced the trite but persistent caricature of the Angry Black Woman, recast it in her own image and made it enviable," Rhimes was not amused. Shonda Rhimes responds to 'angry black woman' New York Times piece 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z She does so in a way that not only avoids the pitfalls of sounding trite, but manages to be beautiful too, drawing on ancient mythology and sermonic cadence to tell stories of the everyday. Kate Tempest: the performance poet who can't be ignored 2013-04-10T14:50:13Z Though the fights are formulaic and the crowd scenes trite, Juliet is a role with heart-catching variety that has released the dramatic potential of the greatest dance actresses. Romeo (and Juliet), How Many Art Thou? 1 Ballet Score, Many Stagings 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z Kátya may be Janácek's most popular opera, but arguably it is also his most conventional and trite, and needs larger-than-life performances to provide its beating heart. K?tya Kabanov? | Opera review 2010-03-16T22:05:00Z Having alien hordes constantly amble right into a shower of gunfire continues this trite theme, and the action teeters close to irrelevance too often. Game On: 'Prejudice' delivers value 2011-05-10T18:02:05Z I scorned photographs of plants posted on Facebook as trite and basic. My houseplant garden is a tiny national park Donald Trump can never destroy 2020-03-21T04:00:00Z Or so the story goes in Kay Cannon’s new movie, which drags the princess tale into the 21st century with Top-40 pop songs, self-aware dialogue and a trite girlboss sensibility. ‘Cinderella’ Review: A Girlboss in Glass Slippers 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z Reviewing the show in The New York Times four decades ago, Clive Barnes described it as “a trite and uninteresting story with aspirations to a seriousness that it never for one moment fulfills.” Theater Review: ‘Pippin,’ Directed by Diane Paulus, at the Music Box Theater 2013-04-26T02:01:15Z Yet this version becomes trite as you watch — not because of the Chicago setting but because no individual character is fresh. Review: Joffrey Ballet’s New ‘Nutcracker’ Leaves Some Tradition Behind 2016-12-11T05:00:00Z The script wavers between soapy and trite, though the setting for the trials — the medieval Tribunal of Palermo — lends the courtroom scenes a bulletproof dignity. 'The Sicilian Girl': Fiery heroine falls victim to melodrama 2010-09-23T20:21:00Z The 'insights' the play provides into global misogyny, dislocation, the human default position of loneliness, whatever, were banal and trite. Reader reviews: your take on Three Kingdoms, Snow White and Henry IV 2012-05-18T09:56:45Z As trite as it sounds, learning to make mustard challenged me to not abandon something when it wasn't immediately coming together. Faith of a mustard seed: My almost spiritual journey towards making the perfect homemade mustard 2021-05-02T04:00:00Z I think his pictures are emotionally trite and technically drab, so they damage the cause of the painter. Jack Vettriano: postcards from hell 2011-02-11T12:24:33Z Dr. Alexander acknowledged that tales of near-death experiences that reveal a bright light leading to compassionate world beyond are as old as time and by now seem trite. Dr. Eben Alexander’s Tells of Near Death in ‘Proof of Heaven’ 2012-11-25T21:46:59Z Captured mostly in gorgeous black and white, “The Love We Make” is alternately trite, touching, funny and fascinating. | 'The Love We Make': Paul McCartney in ?The Love We Make? - Review 2011-11-08T23:29:24Z “You Are Special” ended up in a place more trite than unsettling. Critic’s Notebook: Trespassing on the Proving Ground of the Next Generation 2013-07-28T21:30:12Z Her trite defiance is exemplified when she remonstrates against a would-be teacher who would pollute young Ned’s mind with “fancy books.” ‘True History of the Kelly Gang’ Review: a 19th-Century Outlaw Tale 2020-04-23T04:00:00Z “I know that sounds a little bit trite, but I think it’s really important.” Art and Architecture Get a Refresh on the California Coast 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z And it’s an awkward reminder of the trite and cheesy aspects of a few too many other Taylor works. Dance Review: Paul Taylor Dance Company at David H. Koch Theater 2012-03-22T21:52:10Z Or did she find another way to be the only woman at the table, this time in Tinseltown, where she got to be as trite as the men? Ten Women Whose Tongues and Pens Were as ‘Sharp’ as Knives 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z The tritest way is that we get to inhabit other lands, other customs, other personalities. Cynthia Ozick, with her new collection 'Critics, Monsters, Fanatics,' on her writing life 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z They mostly come across as singing stereotypes engaging in trite romantic dalliances and professional rivalries. Theater Review: ‘Golden Age,’ by Terrence McNally, at City Center 2012-12-05T04:50:08Z And a few of the darts are trite. The Whore of Akron: More Than Just a LeBron James Takedown 2011-11-30T11:58:32Z The program’s other pieces feel all the more trite by being placed after it. Critic’s Notebook: Dominic Walsh and Others at the Joyce Theater 2013-08-11T22:38:15Z But it’s an uneasy fit, in a trite story. Review: ‘The Cobbler,’ With Adam Sandler, a World in Others’ Shoes 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z The exact meanings may get lost in translation, but trite is a universal language apparently. | 'Vincent Wants to Sea': A Mission to See 2011-06-26T22:57:21Z You Won’t Find It Here “Collapse” is quite a bold title for a play that proves so trite. Theater Review: ‘Collapse’ at City Center 2013-04-25T12:50:07Z To me, however, it seemed trite and familiar. SXSW 2011: My Tabloid expos? 2011-03-15T17:39:42Z It seems a bit trite and dreary at Christmas time to point out the perils of consumerism, but a Christmas pudding for £250? Can a Christmas pudding ever be worth ?250? 2010-12-05T00:05:00Z Kevin James’s characters in “King of Queens” and “Kevin Can Wait” embody the trite role of the American sitcom dad: predictable, sarcastic and uninspiring. What’s on TV Tuesday: ‘Genius: Picasso’ and ‘The Ice Cream Show’ 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z The Biblical tale of Cain and Abel is a universally accepted and somewhat trite shorthand for describing sibling rivalry. When Cain Makes Abel: “Better Call Saul” third season explore how family can make a good man go bad 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z It sounds trite, and a little awkward, but this is rather how Sejima speaks. Venice: people, not plans 2010-08-31T15:55:00Z But while the tone is novel, at least by stateside art-house standards, dramatically “Moscow Never Sleeps” is resolutely familiar, even trite. Review: Familiar Woes and Unexpected Bonds in ‘Moscow Never Sleeps’ 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z I do not want to seem glib or trite. The life-affirming legacy of my near-death experience 2018-08-12T04:00:00Z The dialogue, interspersed with hilariously on-the-nose song lyrics, is trite; yet the story shines a useful spotlight on the internet’s traitorous turns and the way social media exploits tragedy. ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ Review: You’ve Got a Friend (Not) 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z But for its dismally trite, Socialist Worker angle on the miners' strike, Billy Elliot The Musical would stand tall this week as a production of the most searing quality. Billy Elliot boys return to the stage for an emotional reunion 2010-03-30T21:37:00Z Advanced cancer can be a cheap shot at instant pathos, and there were worrying signs first of all that this adult comedy-drama wasn't going to do enough to avoid trite insights. Rewind TV: Boardwalk Empire; The Big C; Louis Theroux ? Ultra Zionists; Welcome to Romford 2011-02-06T00:05:43Z Then, and I don't mean to sound trite, what do you think adding the comedic element of getting people drunk and having them recount these stories, what do you think that adds to the conversation? "Drunk History" may be the most necessary show on TV now 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z What makes this movie worthwhile is the clarity and sincerity of that hope, which it recognizes as trite but also necessary. Movie Review: ?Girl in Progress? With Eva Mendes and Cierra Ramirez 2012-05-10T21:10:33Z Then I had a very trite moment of looking at my calendar and realising I wasn't getting invited to celebrity golf tournaments. Mike Myers: why I made a film about supermensch Shep Gordon 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z There is no choreographer who puts more remarkable dreamscapes onstage, and yet some of his dreams are trite. Dance Review: Paul Taylor Offers a Vision of the World Through Mirrors and Illusions 2011-02-27T23:16:14Z This is another trite thing to say, but we have to be on the right side of history here. Kamau Bell: Bill Cosby Is Key to Understanding America 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z Someone may read this and find my thoughts obvious, trite, outdated. When Marriage Is Just Another Overhyped Nightclub 2020-08-07T04:00:00Z Both of them—to use a trite phrase—seem burdened by the past. Eight Photographers on Their Favorite Image from Robert Frank’s “The Americans” 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z Ms. Rhimes has embraced the trite but persistent caricature of the Angry Black Woman, recast it in her own image and made it enviable. Viola Davis Plays Shonda Rhimes’s Latest Tough Heroine 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z It’s a trite and predictable lesson from what is arguably this talented author’s tritest and most predictable novel. Books of The Times: ?The Beginner?s Goodbye,? by Anne Tyler 2012-04-05T20:53:51Z In recent years, it became almost trite to suggest that safe spaces, trigger warnings and other campus demands for tolerance had become, in their own way, harbors for intolerance. Ancient hatred finds new life on campus | Chris Churchill 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z Taupin threw something together that was “simplistic without being overly trite.” Bernie Taupin, Elton John’s lyricist, would like to have a word 2023-09-11T04:00:00Z Sibling relationships are often ill-served by family dramas, indie or otherwise, which tend to ladle out trite beats and easy gags. Filmmaker Dustin Guy Defa likes the mess of family tensions. But he's ready to grow up 2023-08-18T04:00:00Z To DeBoer, it’s all about focusing on the smaller picture of winning the next game, and even before that on maximizing each practice — trite stuff, perhaps, but in his mind hugely important, if not paramount. Can UW Huskies soar to greater Pac-12 heights in Year 2 under Kalen DeBoer? 2023-08-08T04:00:00Z “He appreciated that this is a journey, which sounds very trite but is really quite true,” said Dev’s coach, Scott Remer, a former speller and study guide author. National Spelling Bee champ Dev Shah goes from ‘despondent’ to soaking up the moment 2023-06-02T04:00:00Z "Saying it's the worst session ever feels trite, too flip to capture the brutality heaped on all but the wealthiest and most insulated," write the Arkansas Times' Austin Bailey and Lindsey Millar. How Sarah Huckabee Sanders “stomped” Arkansas' poorest during the “worst session ever” 2023-04-30T04:00:00Z It’s a somewhat fascinating, if unexplored, subtext of a film that leaves its other themes on the surface of the rather trite and predictable screenplay. Review: 'Chevalier' opts for shallow and tawdry, diminishing the radical spirit of its subject 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z The quote dates back at least to the 1970s and in the decades since has become a trite absolution of responsibility for trying to sort right and wrong. Terrorism-filled tech legal liabilities in pending Supreme Court battle 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z Not just because that might be trite, but because navigating an unforgiving health-care landscape isn’t a story that has anything like a definitive end for millions of Americans. Review | A Texas hospital provides sad and hopeful lessons 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z But more than merely trite is the frequently repeated suggestion that animals, to be worthy of consideration — more to the point, a book deal — must perform an educational service. Review | What can owls teach us? And what should we learn from them? 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z It almost sounds trite reeling off the same adjectives. 'Metal-hip Murray stuns everyone - even himself' 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z It’s trite, but it’s true: After the excesses of the holiday season, January is the time to venture into more moderate territory. Soup, fish, cookies: This 3-course meal can’t get much easier 2023-01-16T05:00:00Z “I hope it doesn’t sound trite, but I do think our institutions need to look like America,” a Republican appointee said. Opinion | Are federal judges violating the Constitution when they hire their clerks? 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z "I don't want this to sound trite," says Taub-Dix, "but I think clothing is better than BMI. If you wore something last winter and now it's tight, there's a message there." Don't weigh me: The case against BMI 2022-12-05T05:00:00Z He meets hard questions with courtesy, and at one point he implores, “Don’t make me come across as trite, please.” Jerry Jones helped transform the NFL, except when it comes to race “Though it’s trite to say,” he added, “showing up does matter, in Asia in particular.” In His 3rd Summit With Southeast Asian Leaders, Biden Bets on Face Time 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z “It sounds so trite, but I have a real fear of what’s happening. There seem to be so many people who don’t care about each other.” Democrats count on huge Black turnout, but has the party delivered in return? And while it may seem trite to compare that journey to football, Goodwin said the tragedies inevitably reshaped his attitudes on every facet of his life. Seahawks WR Marquise Goodwin ‘grateful’ for each day after weathering personal losses 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z Sporting a mustache as unconvincing as his performance, he’s defeated by the trite screenplay by Will Davies and the unimaginative direction of Josh Gordon and Will Speck. ‘Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile’ review: A musical showstopper this is not 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z It’s a trite phrase, empty of substance, limited in its appeal. With control of Congress at stake, Schrier is a must-win in 8th District 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z That makes him, in the condescending but ultimately trite formulas of art world aficionados, “conservative,” or retardataire. Perspective | It’s beyond time to see Andrew Wyeth with fresh eyes He faulted Cox for talking in “trite” rhetoric inspired by Trump and dodging substantive policy ideas. Hogan calls GOP gubernatorial nominee mentally unstable 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z Mr Fryer said "the lock was obvious, it would be trite and foolish to accept anything else". Cwm Taf Morgannwg fined £850k after Maesteg patient death 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z Leadership often appears to be everything and nothing at the same time — a mix of trite advice, contradictory analysis and ponderously obvious observation. Review | A book on leadership that offers real leaders, not abstract theories 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z “They also have to understand that they are not the leaders in our nation,” Teegee said, adding that recognition of the harms of colonization are needed rather than just a “trite” apology. Indigenous Canadians make a painful plea on eve of British royal visit 2022-05-16T04:00:00Z The “gag” I believe crossed the line from the trite and unfunny to appealing to those who abhor cats and unfortunately sometimes might act on those tendencies. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: A photo that captures beauty amid the pain 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z It sounds almost trite or clever, but I’ve discovered why I create the paintings. There’s Muscle Memory Behind Jamie Nares’s Brushstrokes 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z And just saying he’s Brazilian is too trite, although even a casual men’s soccer fan would presume, he’s an elite talent. Joao Paulo delivers as Sounders return from break to beat Minnesota United 2022-04-02T04:00:00Z At the same time, its spirited hero poignantly demonstrates a seemingly trite but time-tested truism: Be it ever so humble, there’s no place like home. Review | A 16-year-old boy dreams of space and home in the soaring ‘Gagarine’ 2022-03-28T04:00:00Z I never let Duke and North Carolina play each other in one of my tournaments before, but only because it always seemed too obvious, too trite. Perspective | March Madness: More than ever, a fickle, vengeful beast 2022-03-28T04:00:00Z She knows it sounds trite, exactly what she would be expected to say, given all that she has been through. Ada Hegerberg Wants to See How Good She Can Be 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z The idea that the world’s problems would melt away if we could just take a seat and share a meal is tantalizing but sadly trite. Review | Cross-cultural food doc looks at comfort food and compromise in the Middle East 2022-02-07T05:00:00Z But war can be boring for long stretches, and you pass the time by falling back on the trite and familiar. 32 Years After Civil War, Mundane Moments Trigger Awful Memories 2022-01-15T05:00:00Z But they altered how we have come to understand the trite phrase “mental toughness.” Perspective | Naomi Osaka, Simone Biles and the enduring sports message of 2021 2021-12-26T05:00:00Z “Fatigue and overworked staff is old and trite and inexcusable,” he said. Indictment says company ignored California oil spill alarms 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z It is perhaps trite to reminisce about and romanticize a “bygone era” in Washington, when politicians of opposing parties fought by day and socialized with one another at night. Witty and to the Point, Dole Embodied ‘Shared Values’ in Washington 2021-12-05T05:00:00Z It is by now trite to say teams should not sign them to exorbitant contracts because of how often they get hurt and how cheaply capable replacements can be found. Analysis | Christian McCaffrey and the plight of the modern NFL running back 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z “Not to sound trite, but it’s unprecedented,” said Amy Guyer, vice president for human resources and benefits for the parent company that includes Rock House Farm furniture brands such as Hancock & Moore and Century Furniture. North Carolina’s Furniture Hub Is Booming. What Comes Next? 2021-11-27T05:00:00Z Meditation: “Have you tried meditating?” might come off as trite but, really, experts say you should try meditating. The pandemic has been hard on mental health. What to do if you can't afford therapy 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z “To some tastes, Sheeran will be corny and trite. Yet what he does well is essentially inarguable: provide songs that fulfil the emotional needs of universal moments,” Britain’s Telegraph newspaper said, giving it four stars. 'Solo party': Ed Sheeran releases album while isolating for COVID 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z “It is damaging and disheartening to see Native American and Indigenous culture represented in such a trite and insensitive way,” the statement said. Riverside teacher, in faux headdress, on leave after mimicking Native Americans in video 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z “It’s trite — and I say it over and over — but it’s one game,” Calhoun said. Roberts powers Air Force to 24-17 victory over Boise State 2021-10-16T04:00:00Z It sounds kind of trite, but lived experiences really do matter, right? She Fled Sri Lanka When She Was 4. Now She’s a City Leader. 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z I understand the umbrage at the trite refrains from our elected officials that at this point seem to be a boilerplate response to these incidents: “We need to put down guns.” Did you even hear about this shooting in South Seattle? 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z “I know it sounds trite, but I just want to make the world a better place,” she says. How a high-powered lawyer became a TikTok superstar: Meet the Korean Vegan 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z Meditation: “Have you tried meditating?” might come off as trite, but really, experts say you should try meditating. If cost is a barrier, here are free and low-cost alternatives to therapy 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z It is trite but true to say that when the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail. With the 9/11 anniversary behind us, can America wake up from its 20-year nightmare? 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z “It may sound a bit trite, but in the football world, that’s actually quite innovative.” Quarterbacks Are the N.F.L.’s Biggest Investment. Why Won’t It Listen to Them? 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z “It sounds trite, but I’m just going to miss her so much,” Nelson said as we drove along the 101, missing our exits because driving had become only an excuse for more talking, more thinking. Maggie Nelson Wants to Redefine ‘Freedom’ 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z The trite phrase about dropping a dime and making a call from a pay phone should apply to cellphone access, too. Opinion | The transition to 5G is leaving me behind 2021-08-03T04:00:00Z She’s the hero tasked with saving a sullied sport, embodying some trite belief in American dominance — and also carrying a gender and an entire race. Perspective | For exceptional Black women like Simone Biles, greatness is never enough 2021-07-27T04:00:00Z Let’s avoid the trite and unnecessary “best player in the game” designation, that mythical title assigned breathlessly every year to the leading man of each new championship team. Perspective | In an era of superteams, the Bucks and Giannis Antetokounmpo did it the hard way 2021-07-21T04:00:00Z Now, some of those problems might seem trite or not significant. The next generation of startups is remote 2021-06-08T04:00:00Z My questions seemed trite, and I stumbled to find the right words to distill what was happening. My whole family was infected in India’s devastating coronavirus surge. Not all survived. 2021-05-31T04:00:00Z Keene knows those words — to make the ultimate sacrifice — can seem trite from overuse. Perspective | For Memorial Day, the U.S. Army Field Band evokes feelings of love and loss 2021-05-30T04:00:00Z “So in some ways, and this might sound trite, helping them helped me.” ‘I Feel Like I’m Just Drowning’: Sophomore Year in a Pandemic 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z “It sounds a little trite, but he was a guardian of the language.” Chuck Eck, one of The Seattle Times’ unsung editors who watched the industry’s evolution, dies at 92 2021-05-10T04:00:00Z I don't think that is a trite thing to mention in 2021. Monye & Jones' Lions selection summit 2021-05-04T04:00:00Z “Instead, we’re presented with a trite narrative and a glorification of battle.” After Years of Wrangling, World War I Memorial Raises First Flag 2021-04-16T04:00:00Z So central to our culture and so often mocked — made the emblem of television at its least imaginative and most imitative, at its tritest and tiredest. The old-fashioned sitcom is still going strong. Here are 6 to watch this spring 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z It sounds trite, but the solution is to be watchful, be smart and be skeptical. Column: We're living in a golden age of scams as fraud reports surge amid pandemic 2021-02-09T05:00:00Z It’s a clever and fascinating way of experiencing the story, and — alongside a truly haunting atmosphere — it elevates what would otherwise be a relatively trite and clunky psychological horror experience. The Medium is slow-burning psychological horror on the Xbox Series X 2021-01-27T05:00:00Z No inaugural poet has truly flopped, but these constraints have led to more than a few trite images and tired metaphors. Perspective | What made Amanda Gorman's poem so much better than other inaugural verse 2021-01-22T05:00:00Z Rather than obeying Trump, they should have seized the moment to send a message to insurrectionists that political violence was intolerable — conveyed with action by accepting Biden’s lawful victory, not by spewing trite words. Schwarzenegger was right. Many of his fellow Republicans are 'spineless' 2021-01-14T05:00:00Z But there's no trite happy ending - just a sense of acceptance. The best albums and songs of 2020: Fiona Apple, Cardi B, Bob Dylan and Dua Lipa 2020-12-21T05:00:00Z “It sounds so trite but he’s Rafer Johnson. He’s not supposed to get old. He’s not supposed to pass away. He’s eternal. And in a lot of ways he will be eternal,” Perelman said. Appreciation: Appreciating Rafer Johnson as more than a great athlete, but a great man 2020-12-02T05:00:00Z Saying that “every legal vote must be counted” is trite and pandering. Editorial Roundup: Georgia 2020-11-18T05:00:00Z “It seems trite but I think the veterans appreciate it.” Bloomington Army veteran, 84, continues to serve 2020-11-15T05:00:00Z Those forces wind up muted in a story that, for all its subversive speculation, winds up feeling trite and tame. Review | Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan bring heat to an otherwise chilly lesbian romance 2020-11-10T05:00:00Z “This is not the time for trite political points,″ First Minister Arlene Foster told lawmakers at the regional assembly in Belfast. “This is the time for solutions.″ Northern Ireland shuts schools; Liverpool slams revelers 2020-10-14T04:00:00Z “This is not the time for trite political points,” First Minister Arlene Foster told lawmakers at the regional assembly in Belfast as she announced the decision. Northern Ireland closes schools in effort to combat COVID-19 2020-10-14T04:00:00Z The film had nothing to do with the lyric and in a way it made it trite. Pretty in Pink: the Psychedelic Furs on how they made a pop classic 2020-09-21T04:00:00Z Though the film never mocks or condescends, the ending is trite bordering on glib. Review: 'Words on Bathroom Walls' goes big on mental health and nearly pulls it off 2020-08-21T04:00:00Z In other elections, such sentiments might feel trite. Opinion | Kamala Harris makes history — and offers a Democratic strategy of unity 2020-08-19T04:00:00Z It might seem like a trite comparison, but rediscovering yourself after a period in the emotional wilderness is the theme of Chisholm's new album. Mel C: 'People think I'm mouthy, but I'm really gentle' 2020-08-01T04:00:00Z The joy is forced, the revelations trite and the characters are unmemorable. Review: Another dull go-around with ‘The Kissing Booth 2’ 2020-07-24T04:00:00Z “Normally, when a presidential candidate in an election year says ‘I want to do more with allies, strengthen our alliance,’ it sounds a little trite. BIden bets voters buy familiar faces, policies after Trump’s disruption 2020-06-21T04:00:00Z The stories are compelling, the reasons are many and the solutions seem trite and impractical. Review | The president as parent — consoler, protector and, sometimes, failure 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z But it’s one that mercifully avoids the trite sentimentality and emotional blackmail that have become clichés of the genre. Review: ‘Babyteeth’ is a sick teen in love flick with a bite 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z It might seem trite or overly optimistic for Collins to be so focused on a blanket message of unity while race relations in the US feel on the verge of an irrevocable and violent rift. Bootsy Collins: 'We're all funky, just not all of us know it' 2020-06-15T04:00:00Z “Accentuate the positive, not the negative. It sounds so trite, but a lot of people will pick out something to complain about, rather than say, ‘Hey, that was great!’ Betty White, 98, says she's 'blessed with incredibly good health' amid the coronavirus pandemic 2020-05-23T04:00:00Z However trite and impossible to define team chemistry might be, players see these moments as vital to the team’s long-term success. How MLB proposes to protect players from the coronavirus 2020-05-20T04:00:00Z “Of course, saying that now seems kind of trite.” How indigenous zombie horror film 'Blood Quantum' became prescient in the pandemic 2020-05-08T04:00:00Z So common was the trope about snowflake Millennials melting in their mothers’ basements that even the “OK Boomer” backlash has itself become a trite cultural tchotchke. Sorry, Millennials 2020-04-27T04:00:00Z Thinking about that potentially lost opportunity felt trite, Lawler said, when close friends were out of work and hospitals were packed because of the virus. Ralph Lawler returns early from vacation to 'a different world' 2020-03-24T04:00:00Z I know that sounds trite, but it's true. Political wizard David Plouffe: Trump's got time and money — that "should scare us all" 2020-03-14T04:00:00Z It’s a trite but true saying most often applied to comparisons drawn from the distant past. Will American cities have a Wuhan experience? Only if they are lucky | Dr Renee C Wurth and Dr Nick Obradovich 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z Soccer, at best, is condescending, trite and unconcerned about offering rhetoric detrimental to the perception of its four-time World Cup championship program and all great female athletes. Perspective | Words matter, and U.S. Soccer exposed its sexism in its latest legal filing 2020-03-11T04:00:00Z Although some of the lessons learnt from the first stages might seem obvious and trite, that also reinforces their necessity. A controlled trial for reproducibility 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z I found it trite and derivative and I couldn’t work out what all the fuss was about. Sadie Jones: ‘I lied about reading Allen Ginsberg to win an argument’ 2020-03-06T05:00:00Z “That is one thing on my - it sounds trite when you call it a bucket list - but this is one thing that I have wanted to do for many years.” Man finds grandson of Minnesota couple who helped him in ‘52 2020-02-24T05:00:00Z And yet everyone knew the bromides, no less true for being trite, about how a democracy can’t function without a well-informed electorate. Big Swinging Brains and fashy trolls: how the world fell into a clickbait death spiral 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z "It is what it is" - But, crucially, he never offers easy answers or trite resolutions. Jack Garratt on his three-year absence: 'I hated myself' 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z However trite it sounds, if I look back at my most euphoric experiences, many of them are sporting. The race to grieve: how social media has made professional mourners of us all | Max Rushden 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z That may sound trite, but it's Elections 101. Five lessons for US Democrats from Boris Johnson’s victory in the UK 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z At the risk of sounding trite, it is worth wondering if those clubs — Real Madrid being the latest of them — should be careful what they wish for. In Champions League, the Rich Don’t Get Richer. They Get It All. 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z Travis Hodgkins’ script strives to inspire, but it’s trite even for a drama about the magic of Christmas. Review: Earnest drama ‘A New Christmas’ is for holiday completists only 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z Her collection makes me want to use the trite and overused descriptor Kafkaesque, but I won’t. The best books of 2019 – picked by the year’s best writers 2019-12-01T05:00:00Z While “Your tribe is your vibe” might sound trite, it rings especially true during the holidays. Yes, It’s O.K. to Be Sad During the Holidays 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z One reason this tender, unabashedly therapeutic story is so effective — genuinely moving rather than trite in its plea for love, understanding and forgiveness — is that it seems to anticipate your every eye-roll. Review: Tom Hanks becomes Mister Rogers in the stealthily moving 'A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood' 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z “That may sound trite, but I’d swear sometimes people act like they have never heard such a thing.” In Virginia, Republicans confront a fearful electoral future 2019-11-09T05:00:00Z He apologises in the book’s opening essay for his presumption in writing a “trite manifesto”, but argues it’s the least he can do if he’s going to continue moaning. David Mitchell: ‘I have no reason to have these apocalyptic musings’ 2019-11-03T04:00:00Z She is sometimes tiresomely trite, urging women to “conceptualize all experiences in positive ways,” but invariably sympathetic. Why We Can’t Tell the Truth About Aging 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z It’s too trite to say I became one with the horse. Therapy horse adds to options for veterans 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z The committee said the government's initial response to the issue was "defensive, dismissive and trite". Call for action on 'survival sex link' to benefits 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z Certainly it will be an improvement over PaulDiPasquale’s trite and tortured memorial to Arthur Ashe, installed on Monument Avenue in 1996. Urban warrior in Nikes and a hoodie leads charge against white orthodoxy 2019-10-20T04:00:00Z “The story is both trite and profound,” he wrote. Coleen Rooney, Soccer Star’s Wife, Says Rebekah Vardy Leaked Details to Tabloid 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z Because if we’re supposed to take this laughably trite and sexist claptrap seriously, one has to laugh. Review: James Franco's starry ‘Pretenders’ puts its pretentious nonsense right there in the title 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z However, trite though it may sound, you do choose your reactions. Your new manager has no idea who you are. Here’s how to fix that | Produced by Advertising Publications 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z This wasn’t a warrior, a fighter, or any of the other trite stereotypes used to label women advocating for themselves. We need to stop talking about Antonio Brown as a football story 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z This was a bit trite, perhaps, but it was also a reminder that the Democratic Party’s overriding mission in 2020 is to beat Trump. Joe Biden at the Third Democratic Debate: the Good, the Bad, and the Record Player 2019-09-13T04:00:00Z Zada is too good a writer to pen anything as trite as “the journey is the destination,” but that is clearly the case here. Review | A hopeful skeptic joins the search for the sasquatch 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z What surrounds them is largely trite and artificial, a morality play with little depth in the creation of its characters. Review: 'South Central Love' finds budding romance in bleak circumstances 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z However, the New Republic critic Stanley Crouch felt the book was over-written, and at times became trite and sentimental. Toni Morrison obituary 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z Critic Stanley Crouch called it “trite” and “sentimental.” Toni Morrison, 'Beloved' author captured tragic and joyful complexion of life and race, has died 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z It’s a trite commodity embellished by genre, which is an honorable thing to be. Review: Korean disaster flick ‘Exit’ raises rock-climbing slacker to hero 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z If you dig in to it, avoiding the trite “I’m a perfectionist” and “I’m a workaholic” response options, you signal thoughtfulness and self-awareness with your answer. How to answer the dreaded ‘What are your weaknesses?’ interview question | Produced by Advertising Publications 2019-07-29T04:00:00Z It sounds corny and trite, but there really is nothing more to it. Arjun Atwal, a Monday qualifier, is in contention in only his third PGA Tour start this season - Golf Digest 2019-07-05T04:00:00Z The slightly trite riposte is that at one point even the Netherlands was not the Netherlands. Ten common myths about bike lanes – and why they're wrong 2019-07-03T04:00:00Z The trite marketing copy can border on the absurd. Paternity tests are big business because women aren't trusted 2019-06-23T04:00:00Z Displaying writing barely apt for an outdated sitcom, ludicrously trite dialogue, prosaic execution and overacting galore, this pseudo-romantic all-nighter unsuccessfully attempts to wax poetic in regards to second chances, Catholic guilt and personal reinvention. Reviews: Jim Gaffigan doubles up in ‘Being Frank’; Jack Quaid is ‘Plus One’; and more 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z Run by a handful of charismatic former convicts, the channels offer a rare window into a myth-filled world defined by trite television tropes and Hollywood screenplays. The latest YouTube craze? Videos that show you what it’s like to live in prison. 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z “It sounds trite, but she is such a positive force that that has totally rubbed off on me. That’s why our office has so much light now.” How 'Ask Dr. Ruth' director Ryan White became 'friends for life' with the 90-year-old sex expert 2019-06-02T04:00:00Z Where, though, to find a contemporary Cromwell, the man who Mantel portrays as finding Machiavelli’s work a little too trite for his tastes? Wanted: a modern Thomas Cromwell to mend Brexit Britain | Alex Clark 2019-05-27T04:00:00Z Early on, the mention of a popular political candidate grounding his campaign on “fake news” suggests the writers were attempting to imbue greater substance into their trite formula. Reviews for ‘Maria,’ ‘The Meanest Man in Texas’ and more 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z It would be trite to draw the modern parallels too tightly. The political landscapes of Brexit Britain and Weimar Germany are scarily similar | Martin Kettle 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z One, people say this, and sometimes it sounds trite, I suppose, but there’s really no other way to describe it. Transcript: Lisa Monaco 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z The ambush — in which four Nigerien soldiers and an interpreter were also killed — and accusations that President Trump offered trite condolences to Sgt. ‘I Cry Every Day’: Families of Soldiers Killed in Niger in 2017 Are Still Waiting for Answers 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z It’s not trite or simplistic to say, as we have so often in promoting their interests, that young people are our future. Alabama editorial roundup 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z Those who seek to turn the madness and majesty of sport into trite little fables are always to be resisted, especially when those fables are just convenient morality tales. Tiger Woods’ Masters win was no tale of redemption – it was revenge | Marina Hyde 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z “I am insulted that she would accuse me of being so trite as to use the old 'won't do business in this town' line,” Jacobs said. Oppose that schools tax and you’ll be sorry? Garcetti aide says that’s not what happened 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z An open mind and the right connections may sound so simple and perhaps a bit trite, but they are arguably undervalued ingredients in effective collaborations. The Secret Sauce for Environmental Problem Solving 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z A statement from the Southern Border Communities Coalition called Trump’s visit “trite political theater to extract more funds to fulfill his obsession with building deadly walls”. 'Our country is full': Trump claims emergency during border visit 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z But I was surprised that Gold and his accomplished set designer resorted to such a trite trope. Review: Glenda Jackson battles through a brazenly busy ‘King Lear’ on Broadway 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z This argument is so old, it’s almost trite. Perspective | Enjoy Maryland vs. LSU for the basketball. But don’t forget the NCAA’s hypocrisy. 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z Weary of ongoing political discord and trite banter? Inside the Beltway: Poll numbers: Zeal for impeachment wanes 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z Students tend to start with obvious — and sometimes trite — topics: successes and failures, times of struggle, or mistakes that produced valuable lessons. When applying to college, this character trait may mean more than grades | Produced by Advertising Publications 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z Is “Five Feet Apart” trite, familiar and shamelessly manipulative? Review | ‘Five Feet Apart’ is the movie for you if you’re 15 and have a crush on Cole Sprouse 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z At Vanity Fair, K. Austin Collins wrote, “So many of ‘Fighting With My Family’s’ beats would seem, on paper, to be pleasurably trite and not much more. Indie Focus: Culture and commerce collide in ‘Birds of Passage’ 2019-02-17T05:00:00Z The takeaway from all this is trite but true: You get what you pay for. Buying glasses online can save you a lot of money. Here’s how to do it 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z It’s trite to say we shouldn’t use photography to tell big lies, but the reality is that we tell little ones to ourselves and the world around us all the time. "Fauxtography" is now a fact of life 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z “It sounds trite, but you are only as good as your team,” Mr. Gianopulos said. Paramount Was Hollywood’s ‘Mountain.’ Now It’s a Molehill. 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z “We wanted to spark a conversation anew, because the common view is that these are trite subjects and that we need to move on,” Carracedo told me. Spain’s Open Wounds 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z It's a device of course that has powered countless films and television series down through the ages — you can call it trite, or proven and reliable. Review: ABC's 'Schooled' and 'Fam' on CBS show the network sitcom is still kicking 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z And whether it was through trite race jokes or age-old stereotypes, our presence was marked by cruel and consistent othering. Student Voices: We need to talk about race in school, and we need to do it before college 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z This polluting graveyard of personal adornment reeks of trite optimism and faith; crosses, peace signs and happy faces punctuate the piles. Awful aquariums, a dollhouse of horrors: One artist's disturbing worlds, in miniature 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z “We all tried for quite a while to figure out something, and it all came up trite or foolish,” Borman recalled. NASA’s 1st flight to moon, Apollo 8, marks 50th anniversary 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z One caution: Younger viewers are advised to watch the 1985 iconic film “The Breakfast Club” - it comes up several times rather brilliantly, especially in one final scene with Cena which refreshingly doesn’t go trite. Review: ‘Transformers’ gets a great savior in ‘Bumblebee’ 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z Being part of something “bigger than yourself” can sound trite, but here, it’s literal. 6 unusual Seattle coworking spaces with cool extras | Produced by Advertising Publications 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z I didn’t want some trite thing that rhymed with “builder”. 'Someone called me the antichrist': behind the battles for Christmas No 1 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z Thanksgiving’s nostalgic pull is anchored to the very dishes that food writers keep trying to wean us off of: trite turkey, corny casseroles, stereotypical stuffing, platitudinous pumpkin pies. Opinion | This one little trick will make Thanksgiving perfect 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z I know it sounds trite, but when I see my clients in their homes for the first time, it makes me happy. In new book, designer Kerry Joyce shares tips on using garden views and candlelight 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z Republicans have treated this trite saying as a maxim for generations. Opinion | More government can also mean more freedom 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z The North Korean delegation to the United Nations in Geneva issued a statement to Reuters in response to the report, “strongly rejecting” the allegations as “trite” and “fictitious”. 'Ashamed and scared': group details 'endemic' sex abuse in North Korea 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z “Can we please, for the love of God, drop the painfully trite, mind-numbing cliche about ‘white men,’ as if somehow their whiteness makes evil even eviler?” ‘The trauma for a man’: Male fury and fear rises in GOP in defense of Kavanaugh 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z They should avoid trite explanations, repetition, getting bogged down by irrelevant minutiae and passing off common knowledge as fresh insight. Do boring speakers really talk for longer? 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z As trite as it may be to end on such a scientific cliche, sometimes it’s just the truth: further research is needed. Are we really on the brink of a cure for Alzheimer’s? | Dean Burnett 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z Perhaps he is aiming for consistency rather than compassion, or maybe he’s simply undone by the inevitable contrasts — a larger-than-life hero vs. the trite bully whom even pulpits find distasteful. Opinion | McCain behaved like a hero. Trump is behaving like a vengeful brat. 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z “The U.S. would be sadly mistaken if it thinks that it can browbeat someone through trite ‘gunboat diplomacy’ which it used to employ as an almighty weapon in the past and attain its sinister intention.” North Korea accuses U.S. of plotting invasion while talking with ‘a smile on its face’ 2018-08-26T04:00:00Z The father’s trite, self-indulgent prose jars with the son’s laconic style. How Jorge Barón Biza Turned His Family Tragedy Into Fiction 2018-07-30T04:00:00Z They seemed familiar, even trite, like postcards from old trips. Yes, Make Psychedelics Legally Available, but Don't Forget the Risks 2018-07-08T04:00:00Z Some of these images of a persecuted saintly genius feel trite, overlooking his obsession with fame. The King of Pop, the artist’s muse 2018-07-04T04:00:00Z “The racial charge has become so trite now that it’s lost its meaning,” he said at the time. Trump’s VA pick, once a defender of Confederate symbols, built his career serving polarizing figures 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z He is an avowed “populist,” yet relies on the trite trappings of wealth and personal power. He’s hired help, not a monarch 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z These takeaway messages may read as trite without context, but “some platitudes that wouldn’t seem out of place on a Hallmark card glow with the force of revealed truth. Love is Everything.” A neuroscientist reviews Michael Pollan’s “How to Change Your Mind” 2018-06-03T04:00:00Z Straightforward bleakness in television is increasingly trite, which makes Reverie’s apparent optimism fresh and timely. NBC’s new VR thriller Reverie is a schmaltzy take on techno-dystopia 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z They might sound like trite questions, but they’re enduring ones, from the Bible to “Hamlet” to “Virginia Woolf.” ‘Hand to God’ at Seattle Public Theater: a gut-wrenching (and lewd) tragicomedy — with puppets 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z In reality, the semi-abstracted red flesh of Nu Couché is a trite pastiche of truly radical masterpieces painted several years earlier. Modigliani's Nu Couché is a trite pastiche – and the buyers saw through the hype 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z Azar said at a briefing that instead of “trite, gimmicky political proposals” on direct Medicare negotiation, Trump's plan would increase the ability of commercial prescription drug plans to negotiate on behalf of Medicare beneficiaries. Trump’s big campaign promise on drug prices wouldn’t have worked, Health and Human Services secretary says 2018-05-14T04:00:00Z West’s trite observations that American society is characterised by a certain enthusiasm for consumption and consumerism are celebrated as if they were the radical theories of a Left Bank philosopher. Kanye West’s infantile views on slavery have worrying echoes of the alt-right | David Olusoga 2018-05-06T04:00:00Z Roxane Gay reacted on Twitter by calling his comments “dangerous” and “trite, shallow … he is not a free thinker. He is a free moron.” ‘I miss the old Kanye’: what has happened to rap’s most complex star? 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z I ask her the tritest question of them all next – what advice would you give to others who are struggling? Amid the opioid epidemic, white means victim, black means addict 2018-04-28T04:00:00Z If you thought it trite or boring, why are you still here? The Making of Dinosaurs of the Isle of Wight 2018-04-22T04:00:00Z Maybe this will sound irritating or trite, but: Yes. Dodgers mailbag: Did the Dodgers do enough this winter? 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z At the risk of sounding trite: "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence." Mueller Is Gaining Steam. Should Trump Worry? 2018-02-24T05:00:00Z Whisper networks are imperfect because they operate in an imperfect world; this is about as trite of an observation as they come. When whisper networks let us down: how communities struggle — and sometimes fail — to stop sexual assault 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z However, while most bingo cards feature lame, trite squares like, "Touchdown!" or "Penalty," we decided to up the ante. The definitive Super Bowl LII bingo sheet - Golf Digest 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z Not to sound trite, but for people who claim to be innocent they sure act guilty. Mueller Zeros In on Story Put Together About Trump Tower Meeting 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z There is a trite cruelty in the logic of the perfectly certain. Opinion | What to Say When You Meet the Angel of Death at a Party 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z It seems trite to suggest all who competed this weekend walked away winners. Mississippi editorial roundup 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z And, as trite as it may sound, I get to do so knowing that there are hundreds of thousands of people doing the exact same thing. My goofy online yoga teacher has indoctrinated me into her cult | Rebecca Nicholson 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z "I don't want to sound trite and say it's the best record we've ever done, but I'm really proud of it, I can't wait for people to hear it." Patrol returns after writer's block fight 2018-01-07T05:00:00Z Not to sound trite, but for people who claim to be innocent they sure act guilty. Mueller Zeros In on Story Put Together About Trump Tower Meeting 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z The Fool responds: It may sound trite, but patience really is powerful in investing. The Motley Fool: The difference between NYSE and the Nasdaq 2018-01-06T05:00:00Z Like a fair number of passages throughout the book, this one sounds trite and plodding in English translation, however it may sound in Norwegian. Review | When listening to silence allows you to hear more 2017-12-27T05:00:00Z Neither of them measured success in the usual trite ways. The magic of Seattle’s philanthropic sandwich shop 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z Yellow Magic Orchestra’s eponymous first release sent up the West’s trite imitations of oriental music, replacing lilting percussion with synthesised electronic beats. Haruomi Hosono, Japan’s pop pioneer 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z |
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