cliché
Example Sentences
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Yet sometimes, he is entirely like the cliche - the long-serving politician who is intensely reluctant to confront accusations of past mistakes.
From BBC • Feb. 4, 2026
“We tried to avoid the chop-socky, punchy cliche sounds you hear in a lot of boxing movies,” Urmson notes.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 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
You know, those no-hitters and complete games and seeing whether somebody had a pitch in his back pocket, as the cliche goes in baseball, that they could use… That’s the way pitchers used to pitch.
From Salon • Nov. 3, 2025
And so began her heady days full of cliche: she felt fully alive, her heart beat faster when he arrived at her door, and she viewed each morning like the unwrapping of a gift.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Vocabulary lists containing cliché
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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