Word: tritely
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...dozen British officers, all experienced lawyers, did their best to defend the accused. Their argument: conditions at the camps had been caused by circumstances beyond the guards' control. As the trial wore on, death and torture began to sound commonplace, the vocabulary of horror grew too trite for the inferno that was on trial. Said one witness: "It might have been something Dante could have described. I could...
...There is a saying about 'putting your own house in order, before the law does it for you with a rough hand.' It is an old, trite saying, but still true, as many a proud industry, from the railroads to the stock exchanges, knows to its. sorrow...
...Strauss as a Don Juan in Sinatra clothing acted by an insignificant George Rigaud, who, though portraying the role of the Vienese Waltz King took no pains in disguising an obvious French accent. Picture Ralph Dumke as a mediocre W. C. Fields, General Grant popping in and out with trite world peace comments, Beacon Hill prudes condemning the immoral waltz, ballet scenes dragged in now and then, all this with gaudy costumes, plaids of all descriptions and colors splashed on the stage...
When a motion picture features the unbridled individuality of Jimmy Durante, the uncontested childhood charm of Margaret O'Brien, and artistry on the piano by Jose Iturbi, it becomes quite easy to overlook accompanying faults. "Music for Millions" may be somewhat wearing in its trite two-hour tug at wartime heart strings, but it is well stocked with talent that comes to the rescue during emotionally topheavy moments...
Betty Comden and Adolph Green have written dialogue that is hurdly above average and often decidedly trite, but they redeem themselves in the delightfully daft lyrics of the hit number, "I Get Carried Away...