shopworn

Example Sentences

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Expect a setlist of shopworn classics from the 79-year-old singer.

From Salon • Jun. 23, 2025

Without once invoking the shopworn term “mindfulness,” this stimulating collection makes an unusually effective tool for coming to one’s senses.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 6, 2023

She found the pathos in the shopworn clichés of “Cry Pretty,” which featured actual fireworks to go along with the metaphorical kind.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2022

Virginia that the way to end sex discrimination is to prohibit policymaking based on shopworn stereotypes about women’s talents and abilities.

From Washington Post • Jan. 30, 2022

He was fat and looked shopworn around the nose and mouth as though he had hayfever.

From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway