formulaic
Example Sentences
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While the fiction became formulaic, it could yield dazzling plots alongside predictable parlor tricks.
It’s his inability to flatter with formulaic language that ultimately causes him to be banished from Rome.
A mixed bag of eye-catching imagery and formulaic writing, “Goat” disappoints because it follows every expected path toward a triumphant conclusion.
From Los Angeles Times
“The Housemaid” is far from the formulaic thriller its trailers and general synopsis suggest.
From Salon
He showed us CCF documents that said the information Russia had provided was "generic and formulaic" and there had been an "inadequate explanation" of the alleged crime.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
