cliche
Example Sentences
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“It sounds cliche, but the walls between our communities literally burned to the ground,” Bernstein said.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026
In a two-star review the Guardian's Peter Bradshaw said the movie is "rammed with every music-movie cliche" and plays "like a 127-minute trailer montage".
From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026
“I know that’s a cliche way to say things, but … he was going to do what Victor was going to do.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026
While everyone on the tour is clearly working at maximum capacity, there's only one person at the front of it all - and what's the old cliche... with great power comes great responsibility?
From BBC • Dec. 12, 2025
If you’re going to use a cliche, respect it.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
Vocabulary lists containing cliche
Literary Devices & Figures of Speech - Introductory
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The AP English Exam: Rhetorical and Literary Terms 2
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Reading: Literature - Literary Devices & Figures of Speech - Middle School
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