In a sentence
Six example sentences with platitude, each labelled with its topic.
The debate produced nothing but platitudes about hard work and family, and no candidate named a single number.
Politics
Grief counselors are trained to avoid the platitude that everything happens for a reason, which most mourners hear as dismissal.
Psychology
No pain, no gain is a platitude that has sent more beginners to a physiotherapist than to a personal best.
Fitness
The annual report opens with a platitude about valuing people, three pages before it announces the layoffs.
Business
The captain offered the usual platitude about taking one game at a time, then admitted the final was all anyone thought about.
Basketball
The novel's villain speaks only in platitudes, and the reader learns to distrust anyone who sounds that comfortable.
Literature
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