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Example sentences for: clichés

How can you use “clichés” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Talking about (or in) clichés, a columnist in The Independent recently commented on No problem: Why, she quoted a friend, when I ask for a pint, should the barman feel it necessary to reassure me that I am not making an unreasonable request?
Some detractors ridicule Mamet's language for its "terrible syntax, clichés, non-sequiturs, idiocies--but, man, that's how people talk!"
The Dude is burdened with all the clichés of his kind, but he also shows pleasing eccentricities, such as an eye for interior decor.
Woods played conservatively, rarely using his driver; but, for all his genius, he's not the straightest golfer in the world, and he ended up in the spinach (isn't it fun to use sports clichés!)
The pileup of clichés ends with a safe "Clarence Harmon, Mayor."