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Meanings of become hackneyed in английском

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Usage of become hackneyed in английском
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The earlier symbols of the war had become hackneyed, and had lost their power to unify.
Public Opinion
2
The Blue Danube does not become hackneyed, even though you wonder how often that river appears blue.
The Irish Times
3
The world in which he lives, the themes upon which he writes, never become hackneyed to him.
Birds and Poets : with Other Papers
4
What causes a phrase to become hackneyed?
The Art of Public Speaking
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And the verse of a song, sung so often as to have become hackneyed, rang in her ears-
Innocent : her fancy and his fact
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Trite words, similes and metaphors which have become hackneyed and worn out should be allowed to rest in the oblivion of past usage.
How to Speak and Write Correctly
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Then followed all the arguments, and some of the texts,-bothof which were gradually becoming hackneyed in the matter.
John Caldigate
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