Sentence examples for Slightly hackneyed from inspiring English sources

Instead they paint a romantic, slightly hackneyed picture of a troubled musician who makes music because it's the only way to channel his intense, heart-wrenching emotions.

It felt slightly hackneyed, something we've seen before, and nothing else – absolutely nothing else – about this ceremony was anything other than original.

While FanMail's overriding conceptual approach now seems dated, the way Empty is constructed still feels forward-thinking, even with the slightly hackneyed, looped modem sound that forms part of the song's intro.

Might The Good Dinosaur be the new Cars – hugely popular with merchandise makers but Pixar's least effective movie in terms of concept and realisation – or can Peter Sohn's film about a 70-foot tall Apatosaurus who befriends a human boy transcend its slightly hackneyed storyline?

In terms of the story being slightly hackneyed, this is true.

He makes the odd misstep, with Hot Scary Summer's slightly hackneyed melodies and The Soul Serene's vague meaning lessening the album's overall rawness.

Ross and Rachel's trajectory in Friends was slightly less hackneyed (Ross's "it's always been you Rach" declaration more of a happy middle than an ending), and for a long time the show held its nerve when it came to keeping the pair apart, even divorcing the trappings of coupledom – getting married, having a child – from the idea of being in a relationship.

A hackneyed, worn-out idea isn't hackneyed and worn out to them".

Immersive theatre – tired and hackneyed already?

His bar-room "get real" manner seemed hackneyed.

Nothing is hackneyed or maudlin, just straight.