Sentence examples for stale phrase from inspiring English sources
That stale phrase, an elective dictatorship, is now a real danger.
It is never over-idiomatic or straining, yet it contains not one stale phrase.
There are moments, particularly as the book enters its final phase, at which the force of McInerney's narrative begins to falter and the stylistic energy of her prose gets diminished by the presence of numerous stale phrases.
Stale phrases are conspicuous and can damage brands, especially in upscale environments.
So, as you're revising your novel, take note of the stale phrases and replace them with fresh ones to give the book a new jolt of energy.
As every past generation has had to disenthrall itself from an inheritance of truisms and stereotypes, so in our own time we must move on from the reassuring repetition of stale phrases to a new, difficult, but essential confrontation with reality.
"Sligo," while notable for its poetic patterns and phrases, has its stale and repetitive stretches.
There have been no skirmishes along the India-China border for two decades, but the dispute continues to be, to use Deng Xiaoping's phrase, "a plate of stale rice buzzing over with flies".
To the average voter, for want of a better phrase, local councils remain dry, stale institutions which rarely provide radical changes to people's daily lives, even when an authority changes control from one party to another.
These beer manufacturers are giving new meaning to the phrase "raise a toast", by turning old stale bread into beer.
