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Shielding kids from the worst predatory coaches was “non-negotiable,” a spokesperson for Blumenthal platitudinously proclaimed last year.

From Salon • Feb. 22, 2026

Inasmuch as former Undersecretary of State Welles quit his post because of basic differences between himself and Mr. Hull, such diplomatic restraint might argue a mealymouthed, chilly and platitudinously correct book.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Of course," said I platitudinously, "human nature is the same everywhere; but there is more color—er—more drama and movement and—er—romance in some cities than in others."

From Strictly business: more stories of the four million by Henry, O.

“There are times when even kindness can be a sort of cruelty,” he patiently and somewhat platitudinously pursued.

From The Prairie Child by Ward. E. F. (Edmund Franklin)

Verbally and platitudinously one may answer: For the sake of the "satisfactions" they are expected to afford.

From Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude by Bode, Boyd H.