How to Use platitude in a Sentence
platitude
noun- His speech was filled with familiar platitudes about the value of hard work and dedication.
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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 -
His speech was short on specifics and full of optimistic platitudes.
— Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2024 -
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 -
In between these exchanges, the pair offer platitudes about the dangers (but never the details) of war.
— Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019 -
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 -
Such platitudes strike at the core of Conley’s intentions.
— Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2024 -
Characters speak in platitudes about loss, grief, loyalty and revenge, and the cast mostly works down to the level of the dialogue.
— Caroline Reid, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
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