Usage examples for hackneyed:
-
Once
more
she
made
a
feeble
effort
to
tread
the
old
hackneyed
pathway,
which
she
had
toiled
upon
with
such
weary
feet;
but
she
could
not,-
she
could
not.
"John Marchmont's Legacy, Volume I (of 3)", Mary E. Braddon
-
"
Pooh,"
said
Emile; "
I
did
not
think
you
could
be
so
commonplace;
that
remark
is
hackneyed
"The Magic Skin", Honore de Balzac
-
It
is
contemplative
in
tone,
but
inspired
by
a
formed
conviction,
and,
dramatically
at
least,
by
an
instructive
purpose;
and
thus
becomes
the
centre
of
another
small
division
of
Mr.
Browning's
poems,
which
for
want
of
a
less
ugly
and
hackneyed
word
we
may
call "
didactic."
"A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.)", Mrs. Sutherland Orr