Sentence examples for clichéd examples from inspiring English sources

There are no heart-shaped boxes or other clichéd examples of mass production.

I could list many clichéd examples, such as freedom of expression and freedom of the press, but in my opinion, one of the greatest achievements, both for the government and the people, is the new Constitution.

For the uninitiated, this is a classic -- one might even say clichéd -- example of a sentence that follows the rules of English syntax and uses normal English words in ways that do not violate any formal rules of English usage, and yet fail some crucial test that native speakers of English consistently and effortlessly apply... the sentence doesn't mean anything.

The classic, indeed cliché, example used to justify torture is that of the so-called 'ticking bomb'.[13] Consider the following case.

In a city plagued with pedestrian-vehicle collisions despite the best efforts of public education campaigns, bunny costumes, enforcement stings and university researchers, here we had an alleged violation that seemed to encapsulate the worst and most cliché example of distracted driving — and its most tragic consequence.

Conclusion: The use of terms like "smart bomb" (many are dumb and miss their targets), "decapitation" of enemy leadership, "dismantling of terror networks" (often a euphemism for crushing anyone who disagrees with the speaker) and other conveniently parroted clichés are examples of sloppy writing, bad editing and misinformation.

In this vigorously argued book, she also combats the cliché by example, writing in an enjoyable mode of pugnacious sarcasm.

(Don't use too much gore and violence; it is not scary if it's a cliché.) Example: 1.

Harris often resorts to the thought-experimenters' clichés of inventing examples that involve violence (shooting the president) or the quotidian ("I just drank a glass of water and feel absolutely at peace with the decision to do so").

"It was a dark and stormy night" is a classic example of a clichéd phrase even now a clichéd concept.

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