Explore Cliched through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like unoriginal. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Cliched meaning
Repeated so often that it has become stale or commonplace; hackneyed.
Synonyms of Cliched
Using Cliched
- The main meaning on this page is: Repeated so often that it has become stale or commonplace; hackneyed.
- Useful related words include: ready-made, unoriginal.
- In the example corpus, cliched often appears in combinations such as: the cliched, most cliched.
Context around Cliched
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 11 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Cliched
- In this selection, "cliched" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, avoids, fist, presents, monologues, 12th and allusions stand out and add context to how "cliched" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include almost sounding cliched set her and also presents cliched but true. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "cliched" sits close to words such as abbe, abeyance and abp, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with cliched
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The crowd were excellent, realising if any side needed the cliched 12th man, it was theirs. (16 words)
It does dabble in the sentimental though as it also presents cliched, but true, life lessons. (16 words)
It might be cliched to state it, but true innovators dare to try, to hope, to experiment. (17 words)
When you compare the 2022 Columbia River High boys soccer team and this season’s squad, which cliched another berth in the Class 2A state semifinals after Saturday’s 3-0 shutout of East Valley of Yakima, there’s little difference. (41 words)
However it's still awfully cheesy, full to the brim with cliched dialogue and story beats that won't come as a surprise to players, with occasional moments of bizarre clarity with regards to police brutality and abuse of power. (40 words)
In “Over a Cliff,” Pope had decided that telling the truth will, almost sounding cliched, set her and her team free, even literally outing B613’s existence to the world on record. (32 words)
Example sentences (20)
I entered the arena on Tuesday not sure what to expect, and apologetic that I was there to speak about something as cliched as two books about a cat.
It might be cliched to state it, but true innovators dare to try, to hope, to experiment.
Jacky’s themes and messages are clear, but it avoids cliched monologues or any single moment of revelation.
The crowd were excellent, realising if any side needed the cliched 12th man, it was theirs.
When you compare the 2022 Columbia River High boys soccer team and this season’s squad, which cliched another berth in the Class 2A state semifinals after Saturday’s 3-0 shutout of East Valley of Yakima, there’s little difference.
Cliched allusions to classical Greek tragedy, and various historical parallels abound as commentators compete to describe this extraordinary spectacle of a modern-day Caesar defying his own mortality.
It stands as an exploration of the realities of Black British womanhood, even if some moments are cliched.
Officers went on to say that Turner came at them in an aggressive manner with his fist cliched and as the result had to be tased.
Some entries conform to cliched notions about their culture, thus Iceland’s Hildigunnur Birgisdóttir is playfully childish with her enlarged plastic toys made for dolls houses.
But the film reminded us of commercial Telugu potboilers in the 1990s, and it was loaded with umpteen numbers of cliched sequences.
Despite its cliched roots, the film is a solid holiday movie and succeeds at achieving a feel-good atmosphere.
Gruesome, bizarre, and somewhat of a mess, the movie struggles to deliver worthwhile scares and make a true horror film that can work, let alone ending on a cliched note.
It does dabble in the sentimental though as it also presents cliched, but true, life lessons.
Together, the children and the Ewoks then embark on a wild (if cliched) adventure about what it means to grow up.
Gangs of Madras movie review: There are loopholes, several cliched moments and obvious flaws, but CV Kumar manages to tide over them with a gripping story.
However it's still awfully cheesy, full to the brim with cliched dialogue and story beats that won't come as a surprise to players, with occasional moments of bizarre clarity with regards to police brutality and abuse of power.
Penned and directed by Jackie Taylor, the musical spends more time offering cliched platitudes about life in general than it does exploring the life of its titular subject.
So, how do we kind of take that from being a cliched word to something that’s very real.
That’s a solid start for a film that could easily be a hacked up, cliched mess.
In “Over a Cliff,” Pope had decided that telling the truth will, almost sounding cliched, set her and her team free, even literally outing B613’s existence to the world on record.
Common combinations with cliched
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: