clichéd

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In clichéd movies, people only get one big shot at their dream.

From Slate

Mustering a warmly supportive chorus and a clichéd, echoey faux-choral keyboard effect, this finale is almost orgiastically sentimental, down to Miller’s smiling story about the new child she’s pregnant with and a quotation ascribed to Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey emblazoned on the screen: “For Black people, hope has to be resurrected every day.”

From New York Times

It might be tempting to place the blame on Bonds’ book, which has some cliched dialogue, predictable plot points and familiar confrontation scenes.

From Los Angeles Times

And really, can anyone who has suffered through the turgid plot and shockingly cliched dialogue of James Cameron’s Avatar movies argue that ChatGPT would do any worse?

From Washington Post

Despite following all the rules for sonnets, the poem is cliched and predictable.

From Washington Post