HACKNEYED in a Sentence
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Example sentences for HACKNEYED, such as:
1. His principal object must be to discover the number of the hackney coach which took them from Clapham.
2. But that expression of 'violently in love' is so hackneyed, so doubtful, so indefinite, that it gives me very little idea.
2. But that expression of 'violently in love' is so hackneyed, so doubtful, so indefinite, that it gives me very little idea.
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Meanings and Examples of HACKNEYED
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hackneyed
n. a compact breed of harness horse
n. a carriage for hire
Classic Sentence:
1 I have seen a gipsy vagabond; she has practised in hackneyed fashion the science of palmistry and told me what such people usually tell.
2 Before commencing, it is but fair to warn you that the story will sound somewhat hackneyed in your ears; but stale details often regain a degree of freshness when they pass through new lips.
3 But that expression of 'violently in love' is so hackneyed, so doubtful, so indefinite, that it gives me very little idea.
4 He did trace them easily to Clapham, but no further; for on entering that place, they removed into a hackney coach, and dismissed the chaise that brought them from Epsom.
5 His principal object must be to discover the number of the hackney coach which took them from Clapham.
6 I suppose this unfortunate fowl was born and brought up in a cellar,' said my aunt, 'and never took the air except on a hackney coach-stand.
Example Sentence:
1 When the reviewer criticized the movie for its hackneyed plot, we agreed; we had seen similar stories hundreds of times before.