cliche
Example Sentences
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It’s a cliché, sure, but for good reason: the kitchen really is the heart of the home.
From Salon • May 5, 2026
If that reads like a cliché, imagine the coolest guy in school saying it, and meaning it.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
"Our work goes beyond the cliché that all we do for a living is ask customers whether they want chicken or beef for dinner," she says.
From BBC • Mar. 15, 2026
Another, “Altars,” is a tame and ultimately bland song by Ms. Aitchison’s high standards, with a chorus—“One is not the loneliest number”—that draws on a pop cliché without interrogating or transforming it.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026
I thought gazing into someone’s eyes was a cliché from love stories, but Andre and Lisa-Marie Anne have turned swooning into an Olympic sport.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
Vocabulary lists containing cliche
Literary Devices & Figures of Speech - Introductory
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The AP English Exam: Rhetorical and Literary Terms 2
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Reading: Literature - Literary Devices & Figures of Speech - Middle School
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