Sentence examples for hackneyed expression from inspiring English sources

Let's try to avoid this hackneyed expression.

Stendhal: "We ought to move on from this hackneyed expression; nevertheless, it does happen".

Proving the doubters wrong has become such a hackneyed expression of late that one red-top sports editor sent a department-wide email last year outlawing its use in intros.

Deployed by people who see an empty text box in front of them and can't think what to say, they pluck some hackneyed expression from the recesses of their mind and start typing.

It's time to retire this hackneyed expression to the final resting place of platitudes, alongside "I'm stepping down to spend more time with my family," or "It's not you, it's me".

But it was in the middle of a joke skewering the ridiculousness of a hackneyed expression — a classic Seinfeld tactic — at Carolines last weekend that he showed telling range.

There would be no more snide comments about their strangely un-Italian view of lederhosen as a legitimate fashion choice, no more hackneyed expressions of surprise at the idea of Italians favouring dumplings and pickled cabbage over pasta and pizza.

Knowing he was being honored in New York yesterday, I called him to ask what he would say about Tillman if he were in my position and were trying to avoid the hackneyed expressions of how this sad occurrence brings perspective to the games we play that are too often packaged as war.

Replace hackneyed expressions like "strong team player" and "possess organizational skills" with strong, active verbs that demonstrate results.

As a guide asks, 'Would you like to fly in my beautiful balloon', I am reminded that even the most hackneyed expressions have their proper place.

No "boots on the ground", as the now-hackneyed expression goes.