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Examples of cliche
cliche
For many teams, it's a hollow statement, a cliche camouflaging known mediocrity.
From the denverpost.com
The cliche that a week is a long time in politics is a cliche because it's true.
From the nzherald.co.nz
I know this sounds cliche, but I've got the guys that I want already in my band.
From the post-gazette.com
A big part of sports is cliche, lovingly served up and appreciated, as if fresh.
From the suntimes.com
He never falls into cliche or stereotype, and his Jamie is memorably funny, too.
From the boston.com
It has become a cliche for tributes to Ball to gush about how much we love Lucy.
From the time.com
Maybe the only cuisine cliche bigger than pork right now is all things Southern.
From the suntimes.com
When she breaks with George, she recites the cliche of wanting to find herself.
From the kentucky.com
What really annoys a caller is overusing a cliche so I'm on the lookout for that.
From the nzherald.co.nz
- Platitude: a trite or obvious remark
- (cliched) repeated regularly without thought or originality; "ready-made phrases"
- A clichu00E9 or cliche (/u02C8kliu02D0u0283eu026A/ or /klu026Au02C8u0283eu026A/) is an expression, idea, or element of an artistic work which has become overused to the point of losing its original meaning or effect, even to the point of being trite or irritating, especially when at some earlier time it was considered meaningful or novel.
- Something, most often a phrase or expression, that is overused or used outside its original context, so that its original impact and meaning are lost. A trite saying; a platitude. [from 19th c.]
- The individual unit consisting of the design of a single stamp, combined with others to make up the complete printing plate. Individual designs on modern one-piece printing plates are referred to as subjects.
- An ostensibly "improvised" phrase that has been played many times by many musicians
- An expression that has been overused and is thus considered weak in writing
- Is language or story elements which have been overused.
- A once pithy, clever sayings in which someone encapsulated an idea or feeling. Unfortunately, thousands of other people used and reused those sayings, until they became trite and tiresome. ...
