Sentence examples for themes are hackneyed from inspiring English sources
Your themes are hackneyed, your style imitative.
The more quixotic the imagery the better, for the subject is hackneyed.
"The theme is hackneyed, which is part of the idea": the Monets "deal with the impressionist cliché of not being able to read the image close up — it becomes clearer as you move away from it".
The words are hackneyed, but the sentiments are not.
He talks about feelings, but his feelings are hackneyed beyond belief.
Nevertheless, Hentzi believed that the film's themes of materialism and conformity in American suburbia were "hackneyed".
Nothing is hackneyed or maudlin, just straight.
The symbolism is hackneyed but the spotlighted installation is effectively weird.
The end of an era might be hackneyed cliche but rarely has it been more appropriate.
The stereotypes about being greedy, promiscuous or fickle may be hackneyed, but they're still potent.
They're boring, they're hackneyed and they're not even all that true.
