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Platitudes | Platitude

Platitudes meaning

plural of platitude

Using Platitudes

  • The main meaning on this page is: plural of platitude
  • In the example corpus, platitudes often appears in combinations such as: platitudes and, platitudes about, vague platitudes.

Context around Platitudes

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 24.7 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 13 middle, 6 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Platitudes

  • In this selection, "platitudes" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, bloodless, vague, shallow and pigeonholes stand out and add context to how "platitudes" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include and mawkish platitudes and beyond the platitudes and clichés. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "platitudes" sits close to words such as absentees, accruing and aerosmith, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with platitudes

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

So no more platitudes, no more delays. (7 words)

I agree, but not a silence of the absence of political platitudes. (12 words)

Better that than bloodless platitudes and far better than the shedding of actual blood. (14 words)

Once prime minister, Turnbull was no longer able to act or behave in accordance with his own ideologies and his progressive climate change stance publicly crumbled, with wishy-washy platitudes such as the one after the 2018 Tathra fires. (39 words)

Even if the issue had been raised, the head coach, Régis Le Bris, or some other official could have mumbled platitudes about it being all very sad but best left in the hands of the authorities. (36 words)

It is, quite literally, free speech, and using good free speech to drown out bad free speech, which is exactly how all of the idealist platitudes about free speech say that it's supposed to work. (36 words)

Example sentences (20)

Better that than bloodless platitudes and far better than the shedding of actual blood.

Keller’s comp mode blog is indicative of that: He expounds on the benefits of open dialogue in one breath, and in the other undercuts that open dialogue with vague platitudes.

King Charles III has it in his hands to usher in a new age when shallow platitudes no longer shield the painful legacy of a brutal practice.

So no more platitudes, no more delays.

The reason being is that, unlike the yearly hallmark Christmas films or even theatrically released holiday films, goes beyond the platitudes and clichés that permeate the genre.

These are platitudes that would have been appropriate to a lesser court and not one which had previously demonstrated vibrant constitutional imagination in similar issues.

Banal talking points and information stifling platitudes are suggested, crude filling for the news cycle.

Even if the issue had been raised, the head coach, Régis Le Bris, or some other official could have mumbled platitudes about it being all very sad but best left in the hands of the authorities.

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I agree, but not a silence of the absence of political platitudes.

Remember that without cliches, platitudes, pigeonholes, conventional wisdom and hackneyed ideas, life would be nearly impossible.

Apart from being an annoying delay before a decent game of footy, anthems are crass and bloated expressions of jingoism, glaring hypocrisies and mawkish platitudes.

Bottom line: If Biden is sincere in his desire to unite the nation, then he must condemn these fascist tactics from his supporters or spare us the vacuous platitudes.

But it’s not nice enough to compensate for the prefabricated dialogue, platitudes and cliches running around them like an army of evil elves throwing rocks.

He may be good at issuing HC-style platitudes, but this just looks like a preventative excuse for losing again.

His role is also one of the most clearly defined, based less on platitudes and more on replicable tips and visible transformations.

Instead of owning up to the fact that his policies have been disastrous, he invokes platitudes and doubles-down on his failed ideas.

It is, quite literally, free speech, and using good free speech to drown out bad free speech, which is exactly how all of the idealist platitudes about free speech say that it's supposed to work.

Now it is time for the Democratic nominee for president to stand up those platitudes by answering real questions from the press, and not the reporter-for-a-day pop star press.

Once prime minister, Turnbull was no longer able to act or behave in accordance with his own ideologies and his progressive climate change stance publicly crumbled, with wishy-washy platitudes such as the one after the 2018 Tathra fires.

Overall, the album lacks sonic and thematic depth, mostly offering platitudes about getting over a lover who doesn't care enough, never really diving into the ragged parts of Gomez's psyche.

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Common combinations with platitudes

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How do you use "platitudes" in a sentence?
An example: "Better that than bloodless platitudes and far better than the shedding of actual blood." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "platitudes" from authentic English texts.
What does "platitudes" mean?
Platitudes means: plural of platitude
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