Sentence examples for worn-out trope from inspiring English sources
The conflation of sex, the female body and the automobile is now a worn-out trope (though Richard Prince continues to wear it even thinner), but these, at least, are a fun appropriation.
They all have jobs to do other than be the object of affection", intent of avoiding the "worn out" trope of the woman in jeopardy.
A chance to start anew without many of the repetitive, lazy, worn out tropes and trends that pop culture wielded at us in 2013.
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An early literary essay, for instance, was her revelatory article The Wearing Out of Genre Materials (1971) – ideas and tropes in genre fiction were said to develop through three distinct phases: innocence, plausibility and ultimately decadence.
Similarly, Everybody's Gone to the Rapture and The Vanishing of Ethan Carter, the latter of which was re-released in July for the PS4, make the established tropes of the unfortunately termed "walking simulator" feel intensely worn out.
It wears out without wearing.
After all, springs wear out.
