cliche
Example Sentences
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What might be a cliché is animated by Hayes’s confident brushstrokes and vibrant colors.
A tinny orchestra striking up a tune so familiar it was practically a cliché.
From Literature
It is the cliché critique, made so often, by so many and for so long.
From BBC
Most rock biopics have a similar rise-and-fall-and-rise arc; it’s a cliché that works, like plugging “Sweet Caroline” into a bar’s jukebox.
From Los Angeles Times
“I’m the head of HR and he’s the CEO. It’s, like, so cliché and so bad.”
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
