How to Use cliché in a Sentence

cliché

noun

• The macho cop of Hollywood movies has become a cliché.
• Injuries are a part of the game.`Next man up’ is not a cliche.
  — Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 5 Oct. 2019
• The quarterback is the face of the franchise and that’s not a cliche.
  — cleveland.com, 30 Jan. 2018
• This is just the kind of thing that led to the cliche about watching paint dry.
  — Chronicle Staff Report, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 Apr. 2018
• There’s a warmth to the movie that makes its cliches feel earned, not lazy.
  — Travis Bean, Forbes.com, 12 June 2025
• The original Western cliche: the deputy and the dance hall girl.
  — Kevin Fisher-Paulson, SFChronicle.com, 30 July 2019
• But the challenge for some chefs is to rise above the cliches they're dealt.
  — Mike Sula, Chicago Reader, 20 Sep. 2017
• This was backs-to-the-wall, win-at-all costs, insert your own cliche here time.
  — Dan Labbe, cleveland, 31 Oct. 2022
• On this day, the frozen tundra of Lambeau Field was more than a cliche.
  — Mark Inabinett | [email protected], al, 27 Nov. 2019
• Not to fall into cliches...but these are the beers that will change you.
  — Alex Delany, Bon Appetit, 19 June 2018
• And also, wondering about the cliche, is the town big enough for both of them?
  — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 19 Sep. 2022
• But these are new times and joining the Knicks and Lakers would have been cliche', no?
  — oregonlive.com, 6 July 2019
• The old cliche about a blind squirrel seems apropos for this group.
  — Josh Kendall, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025
• The box was like this cliche of what prom is supposed to look like in the catalogues and movies.
  — Janay Kingsberry, Washington Post, 21 May 2022
• Which means Japan might be, as the cliche goes, a victim of its own success.
  — Adam Rogers, Wired, 22 July 2021
• Many of the cliches about this compact, one-club city hold true.
  — George Caulkin, The Athletic, 13 Mar. 2025
• Some of it is a cliche and repetitive like Mona Lisa copies.
  — Alison Mutler, star-telegram.com, 9 May 2017
• March is around the corner, and the old cliche usually holds.
  — Nick Baumgardner, Detroit Free Press, 16 Feb. 2018
• The cliche is that the storm is calmest at its center, and Kyiv had shown that, right up to the first day of the invasion.
  — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2022
• Consider it not just a sendup, but a send-off to this old cliche.
  — Dallasnews.com Staff, Dallas News, 27 July 2023
• But as the old cliche goes, fan is just short for fanatic.
  — Jerry Beach, Forbes, 30 Aug. 2021
• Every time the plot veers within a mile of a mystery cliche, Ern rings the alarm bells.
  — Maureen Corrigan, Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2023
• The latter part of that cliche requires there to be something to be proud of — and with RSL, there was.
  — Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 5 Jan. 2022
• So at least in her case, the Wild West cliches hold pretty true.
  — Erik Pedersen, Oc Register, 30 May 2025
• The cliche is that each tech startup needs at least a hacker and a hustler.
  — Abdo Riani, Forbes, 11 May 2021
• Watching the series was, as the cliche goes, hanging out with some friends.
  — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 16 Sep. 2019
• And yet, as the cliche goes, cliches are cliches for a reason.
  — Rachel Rosenblit, Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2020
• The cliche about role reversal is true.
  — Eric Koreen, New York Times, 21 June 2026
• Unlike pumpkin spice, which has settled in to be such a seasonal cliche that people feel the need to defend it, pickle is still crisp and new.
  — Scottie Andrew, CNN Money, 14 June 2026
• Wednesday’s Game 1 of runs epitomized the cliche of basketball.
  — Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 4 June 2026