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Example sentences for: formulaic

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

It's formulaic, but it sticks to a classic Western formula instead of a cartoonish blockbuster one.
Analysts differed as to whether Bush's subdued performance was or tepid and formulaic; but they agreed that this cautious approach would keep him ahead.
They wedded themselves to focus groups, obsessed over demographics, and relied heavily on formulaic action adventures.
Pointedly abandoning the formulaic, this 30-second spot dispenses with such staples as the narrative voice, choosing to rely on the soundtrack to present its subject as polyphonic, versatile.
Nossiter's script about an affair between a homeless man (David Suchet) and a woman (Lisa Harrow) who mistakes him for a British filmmaker is called "elegant" (Daphne Merkin, The New Yorker ), and Suchet is said to give "a virtuoso turn" (John Anderson, the Los Angeles Times ). Dissenting, the New York Times ' Stephen Holden calls the film a formulaic, "overly schematic exercise in cinematic hide-and-seek."