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

“Knowledge is power” might be a shopworn cliché, but when it comes to emergencies, it’s absolutely true.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 11, 2023

Yet his portraits often seem constrained within narrow, shopworn categories.

From New York Times • Jul. 26, 2023

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