Sentence examples for stale formula from inspiring English sources

Business schools often rely on a stale formula.

Some critics go further, arguing that Harry has become no more than part of a stale formula wearing thin after four books.

But fans of the original "Star Wars" trilogy should realize that the director of the next installment faces a bigger challenge than just serving as a capable custodian of a popular franchise, or enlivening a stale formula with some lens flares and sex appeal.

I greet him at the door, smelling of stale formula.

Conversely, Game Informers Tim Turi considered the frustrating controls and dull pacing to be major flaws, and wrote, "If you're a Silent Hill fan interested in a fresh take on the stale formula, this Wii entry may be the Cheryl you've been searching for but it comes at a cost".

"Don Quixote" is traditional ballet at its most formulaic, and some of its stale formulas are pre-Soviet.

However you respond to "Wassup Rockers," it is completely alive, unlike any number of teenage Hollywood movies with their stale formulas and second-hand puerility.

He also brings crucial tweaks to potentially stale formulas, using Wagyu beef for braised short ribs and Chilean sea bass in place of black cod for an inevitable miso-glazed fish entree.

What follows is by no means some progammatic prescription, but merely an exploration to engage debate and get beyond stale formulas.

The formula is ages old, but the two leads rise far above the stale, formulaic script.

What undoes it is its mechanical structure: a stale dramatic formula of the sort taught in elementary playwriting classes.