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 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.
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 .
6 It's a bit of a cliche but I would say I'm both.
7 Just because it is a cliche does not mean it is untrue.
8 It's hard to write about Pride and Prejudice without falling into cliche .
9 But further delay began to feel like an indulgence, and a cliche .
10 His vocabulary is too colourful for it to be just another cliche .
11 Both performers are excellent in roles that could have devolved into cliche .
12 And this visual trick is now almost a cliche of Irish advertising.
13 It would be bad enough if the phrase were just a cliche .
14 That's why the metaphor of the bridge has withered into a cliche .
15 Get out your tin hats and prepare for a bombardment of cliche .
16 And it's a matter of the same old cliche in that respect.
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