cliche
Example Sentences
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I'm 50, and this is not a rehearsal, as cliche as that sounds.
From BBC • Mar. 2, 2026
In the 2020 miniseries “Hollywood,” Ryan Murphy’s alternate history of the 1930s picture business, the studio head he plays is not the desk-banger of cliche, but he is a man with an appetite.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2025
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
We broke up within a month, and my life became a California cliche: I joined a cult-like spiritual practice with a glamorous Indian guru.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2025
And, though I know it is a cliche, I have to say it nevertheless: You ain’t seen nothin yet.
From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman
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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