Definition of Cliche

a word or phrase used excessively

Examples of Cliche in a sentence

When will Ginger come up with a new phrase and stop using that cliché in all her social media posts?  🔊

Come up with something new because your argument is just a cliché I’ve heard a thousand times.  🔊

Because teenagers like a certain phrase, they will repeat it over and over again until it becomes a cliché.  🔊

The saying “a diamond in the rough” is a cliché used to describe someone whose true value has not been revealed.  🔊

By using a cliché repeatedly in the lyrics, the songwriter has made the tune very boring.  🔊

“Time heals all wounds” is a cliché most heartbroken people do not immediately believe.  🔊

Since I just heard you tell ten other girls how their beauty stops your heart, I know you are trying to use a cliché to get my attention.  🔊

Jane could not think of a good toast so she simply said a cliché she often heard in wedding movies.  🔊

Since Mrs. Smith prefers to see original ideas in her students’ essays, she lowers a grade five points every time she encounters a cliché in a paper.  🔊

Could you please stop using that cliché and say something I haven’t heard before?  🔊

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