Those are the most hackneyed excuses I've heard all day.
There were no fresh ideas in the election manifesto of the party, instead there were a bunch of hackneyed phrases.
It may sound like the plotline of a hackneyed Hollywood thriller, but hundreds of thousands of Americans may have already been victims of identity theft.
Film review: 'Kings of Summer' a teen comedy gem Minnesota Public Radio's Stephanie Curtis discusses "The Kings of Summer" in this week's Cube Critics video. Curtis said the familiar story is goes from hackneyed to a gem in the hands of director Jordan Vogt-Roberts.
June 7, 2013 - Minnesota Public Radio
Dan Schneider in Kansas City Star Schneider says he's always striving to raise the bar in his genre while desperately avoiding "hackneyed writing, silly premises and low production values."
Michael Feinstein in New York Times The concept of the album followed a circuitous path,Mr. Feinstein explained recently in the piano room of his Upper East Side town house. "It began as a tribute to the Greatest Generation without the hackneyed material. Then it became...