A saying that is overused or used outside its original context, so that its original impact and meaning are lost.
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Examples for "commonplace "
Examples for "commonplace "
1 Though commonplace today, the technique was not widely used at the time.
2 But conflict between the branches of government is commonplace in our history.
3 Since the collapse of Communism, of course, Hayek's arguments have become commonplace .
4 But the girl he loves shows him the beauty in the commonplace .
5 The English saying 'pride comes before a fall' reflects the commonplace occurrence.
1 It's come so far so soon, and already it's cliche - ridden . Jim sighs.
2 It's the usual cliche of taking it one game at a time.
3 In the case of Haddish, that cliche is something of an understatement.
4 IT was, to abuse a football cliche a weekend of two halves.
5 Certainly, some of Corbyn's replies have the excruciating ring of celebrity cliche .
1 The answer is that modern cliché : to keep trying to fail better.
2 The 'cross-fertilisation of ideas' is a cliché , but one with unintentional fecundity.
3 Some of Harvey's lyrical snapshots are startling; others come close to cliché .
4 But those second acts don't always sink to the level of cliché .
5 It's a cliché in Ireland that the agenda starts with the split.
1 Background: Cardiovascular safety concerns about inhaled ipratropium bromide have recently been raised.
2 Some treacly bromide about medical ethics and respect for individuals, no doubt.
3 Aluminium bromide , AlBr3, is prepared in the same manner as the chloride.
4 Duke officials concede that bromide applications contributed to the elevated trihalomethane levels.
5 Neither suggestion nor bromide would have been effective in working our cure.
1 And you might spare me your platitude , Andrew, The Laird replied savagely.
2 Then he has to laugh at the platitude , and she laughs, too.
3 Cheap wit will then often pass for brilliancy, and platitude for wisdom.
4 Or shall we say that most definitions hang between platitude and paradox?
5 But she was spared the necessity of scraping up some ridiculous platitude .
1 At first glance the answer seems obvious to the point of banality .
2 In reality the cloak of secrecy is best achieved through urbane banality .
3 During dinner we talked around things, maintaining a safe level of banality .
4 The Vinyl Word: Joe Queenan revels in the electrifying banality of Kraftwerk.
5 The banality of the exchange is what helps calm the witness down.
6 He could talk now without the artifice of banality to hide behind.
7 It is characteristic of Shapcott to avoid the banality of straight autobiography.
8 As it is, its monthly dose of absurd banality keeps me going.
9 The banal truths of life are no less true, despite their banality .
10 She went with him, intrigued by the utter banality of his expression.
11 A tune of utter monotony filled the room with agonizing, unforgettable banality .
12 Imagining their faces on Mount Rushmore produces a vision of monumental banality .
13 This is a good question, and the answer is fascinating in its banality .
14 International press conferences usually begin with pussy-footing questions of remarkable banality .
15 He is the standard-bearer of a new premillennialist sensibility: the banality of apocalypse.
16 With them it should never drop down to the too-common flatness and banality .
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