Sentence examples for hackneyed plot from inspiring English sources
The phrase "hackneyed plot" is correct and usable in written English
It can be used to describe a storyline that is overused or clichéd, often lacking originality. Example: "The movie was disappointing because it relied on a hackneyed plot that we've seen countless times before."
In a book that avoids hackneyed plot devices Ms. Lippman makes Helen's father physically abusive without giving his aggression a sexual component.
The hackneyed plot about the wronged and noble hero.
The hackneyed plot hinges on the sort of twin swap that makes my blood boil.
Limiting her thespian efforts to wig and wardrobe changes — and adding or subtracting eyeliner — Ms. Portnoy embodies a hackneyed plot device unlikely to fool the average toddler.
Generally they overemphasize the hackneyed plot and leave no room for fresh, airy touches that reflect a writer's soul and a director's understanding of actors.
That's an honorable if hackneyed plot device, undercut by the number of times Vachon mentions that what killed him was an egg roll fried in peanut oil.
The show's production values were hackneyed — plots were hung on incredible conceits, and, when an actor left the show, he or she got replaced by somebody who looked vaguely similar.
When the private becomes public, chaos invariably ensues, often followed by groveling apologies and temporarily (or permanently) ruptured relations; the private email sent accidentally into the world at large is such a common occurrence it's too hackneyed for a plot point any more in, well, Hollywood.
When Hiro and Baymax decide to go all Scooby Doo and investigate the mystery of the deadly fire, all concerns about the hackneyed, predictable plot are deflated as we watch Baymax deliberately bounce through the mayhem.
Again it stuck to rigidly to passé cinematic devices; more fast-cut visuals, this time with a hackneyed 'Hangover' plot in which the Lads descend into Hunter S Thompson-esque Las Vegas debauchery, all on account of their new Ladbrokes credit card.
The plot seems hackneyed to us now, but that is because of the immense revolution in perspective that separates us from Shakespeare's day.
