cliche

Example Sentences

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The former professional wrestler who took the ring in the Florida independent wrestling scene, actor and comedian lives by the old cliché: Once you’re in wrestling, you never really leave.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 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

“Our data shows the stereotypical cliché gifts of the past are shifting to those that actually make everyday sense.”

From MarketWatch • Feb. 13, 2026

“I had to come back. Our last words to each other were trash and we would’ve been some bad cliché, and I’m too iconic for such nonsense.”

From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera