How to Use platitude in a Sentence

platitude

noun

• His speech was filled with familiar platitudes about the value of hard work and dedication.
• In such a realm, the tenet that no one is above the law is a mere platitude, if not an inanity.
  — Jeff Weiner, Orlando Sentinel, 15 Feb. 2023
• After a few more platitudes, the lady of the hour strides to the podium.
  — Donna M. Owens, Washington Post, 21 Feb. 2020
• This isn’t the time for platitudes and promises for the future.
  — Christian Datoc, Washington Examiner, 8 Jan. 2024
• The mice greet this with a shrug, mouth vague platitudes, and go on the talk-show circuit anyway.
  — Ronan Farrow, The New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2023
• There's no script to speak of, just a pastiche of platitudes about the tumultuous decade.
  — Andrea Simakis, cleveland.com, 13 May 2018
• From anyone else, that might have been a platitude the minute Vermeil walked away.
  — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2022
• To each platitude, Mr. Noor simply bowed his head, his hand on his chest.
  — Mujib Mashal, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2018
• But such statements are seen by many in Ukraine as platitudes.
  — Kostiantyn Khudov, Washington Post, 26 Aug. 2023
• More than friends, the original crew from the '80s and '90s sci-fi hit are like family — and that's not a platitude.
  — Ryan Parker, Peoplemag, 13 Apr. 2023
• No politician may come and simply repeat the platitude of thoughts and prayers.
  — Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 25 May 2022
• But Nick Kyrgios, the young and combustible Australian, cut through the platitudes.
  — Christopher Clarey, New York Times, 3 July 2016
• This ideal is not some musty platitude whose time has passed.
  — Lawrence B. Solum, Star Tribune, 19 Oct. 2020
• That sentiment might sound like a platitude from a rich rock star.
  — John Blake, CNN, 8 Nov. 2022
• The point is to do better than platitudes and empty phrases.
  — Calum Marsh, The New Republic, 16 Mar. 2018
• This feels like the kind of platitude that’s easy to believe yet impossible to prove.
  — Karen Kaplanscience and Medicine Editor, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2022
• Turn off the podcasts and put away the platitudes and instant affirmations, and go out into the world and walk your own streets.
  — Bess Matassa, Teen Vogue, 29 June 2018
• At one point in Adiós, González notes that the artists were in it for love, not money, and there’s no doubt his statement is not a mere platitude or party line.
  — Judy Cantor-Navas, Billboard, 25 May 2017
• O’Neill did not go in for platitudes, which made him good television.
  — Rory Smith, New York Times, 27 Feb. 2017
• This year, skip the Hallmark-style platitudes and thank your mom with a truly thoughtful Mother's Day card.
  — Chloe Foussianes, Town & Country, 3 Apr. 2019
• The sports world is cluttered with meaningless clichés and false platitudes.
  — George Diaz, OrlandoSentinel.com, 21 Jan. 2018
• Perhaps in the 1920s, Democrats were confused that the market rose under Harding — a genial mouther of platitudes and not much else.
  — Roger Lowenstein, Washington Post, 15 Jan. 2020
• The NCAA hides behind platitudes and lofty ideals as an excuse for not paying its players.
  — Marcus Thompson Ii, The Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2017
• Pat wastes air space with platitudes and offers nothing new.
  — David Komlos, Quartz at Work, 19 Feb. 2020
• In our more secular age, Lincoln’s remark about the Bible may seem a mere platitude.
  — Fergus M. Bordewich, WSJ, 15 Jan. 2021
• But when answers weren’t close at hand, O’Rourke veered off into platitudes and campaign trail themes.
  — Katie Palmer, Quartz, 5 Sep. 2019
• And at least thus far, the din of legislative platitudes has proven insufficient to drown them out.
  — Jay Willis, GQ, 20 Feb. 2018
• No comforting platitude can ease the pain of losing her.
  — Emily Harrington, Outside Online, 10 Nov. 2022
• The evening included the usual sweet platitudes about the power and importance of art.
  — Travis M. Andrews, Washington Post, 4 Dec. 2023
• His life was far more complicated than can be summed up in platitudes or words on a statue.
  — Michael Kranish, Washington Post, 2 June 2017

Last Updated: 28 May 2024