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Some of their quick, comic interludes, like the funny dance, appear hackneyed; the elbow-in-the-side nods to Chekhov and the Method (Burden's technique is called the Approach) add little besides a few knowing chortles from the audience.
It is compelling as ritual, though the script can appear thin and hackneyed.
As restaurant names go, Captain's Galley might seem unoriginal, even hackneyed.
A self-described "poet, mezzo-soprano, designer and exotic Uzbekistan beauty", she appears dolled-up in music videos to the thumping backing of hackneyed techno music.
A hackneyed, worn-out idea isn't hackneyed and worn out to them".
Immersive theatre – tired and hackneyed already?
Nothing is hackneyed or maudlin, just straight.
His bar-room "get real" manner seemed hackneyed.
Mr. Caro's writing is occasionally hackneyed.
Your themes are hackneyed, your style imitative.
And sometimes, he's downright hackneyed.
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