Example sentences for: clichés

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

  • Robert W. Burchfield, the longtime editor of the Oxford English Dictionary , treats the phrase with magisterial derision in The New Fowler's Modern English Usage (1996)--he dismisses it as "one of the ignoble clichés introduced into the language in the 20c.

  • Ferret: Fear of ferrets derived from misleading predator clichés.

  • But as the impermanence of such categories suggests, they are usually clichés that obscure as much as they reveal.

  • Even the less sensitive of us become irritated with clichés after a while, and one often wishes that Have a nice day had gone the way of Hi!

  • As one might expect, many clichés are simply metaphors, some of which are transparent to us, others needing explanation.


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