cliché-ridden
Example Sentences
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Their intended audience includes national security bureaucrats in the U.S. and abroad and the think-tankers and journalists obliged by a sense of professional responsibility to at least scan these generally leaden, cliché-ridden products of groupthink.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 8, 2025
"The vast majority of profile texts still appear cliché-ridden and generic and show a high level of predictability," the authors point out.
From Salon ● Dec. 15, 2022
But any hope of prestige is dashed by the heavy-handed, cliché-ridden direction of former stuntman Johnny Martin and his star’s detached portrayal of a guy whose mind is permanently elsewhere.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2017
Million Dollar Baby” and “Rocky” are both excellent boxing pictures and worthy best picture winners that breathed fresh life into perhaps the most cliché-ridden genre in all of cinema.
From New York Times ● Jan. 15, 2016
I think Livin’ Da Dream is a cliché-ridden, shallow, ridiculous mess, but that’s not my biggest problem with this version of MyCareer.
From The Verge ● Oct. 3, 2015
