Word: tritely
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...date: call it Tuesdays with Morrie, the ballad. McGraw wrote this elegy following the death of his father, charismatic ex-Big League pitcher Tug McGraw, from cancer in January. Lyrically, it's shameless--and that's from a fan--with life lessons ("love deeper," "read the good book") so trite they might raise a skeptical eyebrow at the Hallmark store. Vocally, McGraw drawls his way through with such perfectly controlled emotion that, while you question his depth, you never doubt his authenticity...
...things that go beyond yourself and help other people are the most fulfilling,” Dahroug said, admitting that his statement sounded “trite...
...sculled around in a circle, showing me how to turn and land on the dock. At this point, I just wanted to get it over with. I wanted to Make the Most learning to scull for free with a Harvard ID and a swim test card, to say something trite about how it made sense that athletes report higher levels of happiness because of the endorphins or groupies or secret handshakes or whatever...
...become trite to comment on American ethnocentrism. Across the globe, U.S. citizens are seen as entirely oblivious to the cultures, norms and languages of other nations. The best way to combat this insensitivity is to encourage education in and familiarity with foreign lands. With the recent suggestions from the Harvard College Curricular Review (HCCR), the College is, it seems, making a great effort to instill some of this worldliness in a seemingly indifferent student body. But while we recognize the importance of ensuring that the future leaders of America are well-versed in other cultures and languages, the proposed...
...followup to Vocalcity, finally released stateside, is full of words. Sung and spoken by members of both sexes, they sound like snippets of relationships—whispered nothings, awkward everyday moments, resigned pleas over the telephone—conjuring the feeling of being there without seeming one bit trite...