| Word | Platitude |
|---|---|
| Meaning | something that has been said so often that it is not interesting anymore |
| Example 1 | Because I have heard your platitude a hundred times, it means nothing to me now. |
| Example 2 | The politician ended his speech with a platitude about every man’s right to vote. |
| Example 3 | After hearing the salesman’s unoriginal platitude, I decided to go to another car dealer. |
| Example 4 | At my uncle’s funeral, I heard one platitude after another. |
| Example 5 | Your platitude is meaningless and does nothing for my anger! |
| Example 6 | When asked about the unemployment crisis, the president could only respond with an empty platitude. |
| Example 7 | How many times can the police chief repeat the false platitude about the reduction of crime in our city? |
| Example 8 | Because my teacher felt my essay response was a boring platitude, she gave me a failing score on the paper. |
| Example 9 | Our coach used every platitude she could think of to make us feel better after our big loss. |
| Example 10 | When my teacher tried to motivate me by using a platitude I had already heard before, I yawned in her face. |
