Again, Chaucer is mediaeval in tricks of style and turns of phrase; he often contents himself with the tritest of figures and the most unrefreshing of ancient devices, and freely resorts to a mixture of names and associations belonging to his own times with others derived from other ages.
"Chaucer"
Adolphus William Ward
The half-dreaded, half-looked-for moment had come, and the greeting was of the tritest.
"Love of Brothers"
Katharine Tynan
The tritest things in our mortal experience are among the most mysterious.
"Kenelm Chillingly, Complete"
Edward Bulwer-Lytton