Sentence examples for hackneyed issue from inspiring English sources

Ahead of the kick-off, much talk centred on the hackneyed issue of whether Chelsea's stars could perform on a cold December night in Stoke.

"I would welcome the spotlight moving away from what I think is an increasingly tired, hackneyed, desiccated, super-masticated issue," he said.

An appealingly straight-talking and opinionated comedian who draws comedy from racial issues without resorting to hackneyed self-stereotyping, he offers a distinctive voice that deserves to get traction in a comedy scene dominated by middle-class white guys.

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

Nothing is hackneyed or maudlin, just straight.

Mr. Caro's writing is occasionally hackneyed.

Your themes are hackneyed, your style imitative.

And sometimes, he's downright hackneyed.

And yet it never feels hackneyed.

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

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