shopworn

Example Sentences

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Although she states repeatedly that she doesn’t want to rely on the shopworn story of motherhood as the ultimate expression of the female experience, some passages flirt with this trope.

From Salon • Oct. 11, 2023

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

The shopworn dialogue jibes with the largely one-note characterizations, seen most egregiously in the hidebound widow Agnes, who seems to have no thoughts beyond her distaste for the nouveau riche.

From New York Times • Jan. 23, 2022

Carson’s office, on a quiet street in downtown Modesto, was gritty and shopworn and functional in feel.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 27, 2021

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

From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway