Grayson's Triad Book 1 -- Prologue
Watching robbie tear downfield, a brown-topped light gray blur of speed, to line up a shot at the goal, is (if you'll pardon the cliché) poetry in motion - iambic pentameter at the very least, perhaps even dactylic hexameter (thank you, longfellow).
Chapter Sixteen (Todd)
I put on my favorite shirt: the plain yellow one with the cliché smiley face. "cute." wendell says. "i'm gonna use the restroom real quick. i'll be right back." my wolfy goes to the bathroom. i reach into my suitcase and take out a perfume bottle.
Chapter 3
The gryphoness making some fun conversation with one of the operators that was just coming back from a vacation in the tropics, including several cliché jokes about how she must miss the climate and so forth.
Dispatches II
I do have to chuckle at the clichés, but she's been very kind, and she makes a great afternoon tea. she says she'll trade her recipe for apple-raspberry tarts for your pumpkin pie secrets. personally, i'd take her up on it.
School Crush : Chapter 4
Jack put the car into park, and turned his head to me and tilted it, in a cliche questioning puppy kind of look. "you seem quiet, something wrong?" jack asked me. "n-no," i began, "sorry, just a lot on my mind."
Family Days 5
He could faintly realize that the cliché 'home is where the heart is' was more true than it sounded. without a word the pup got out of the car. marion watched as chris went upstairs and heard the door shut behind him.
College Transformation Part 3
It's kind of cliché, but whatever. when the one came to me, i was a weakling, constantly being bullied in school. so what i wanted was strength to fight back. it must have been an amateur because it gave me enough strength to kill it."
Hero's Work (A2,B2,C7)
Seems so cliché." karla grinned. "that's what _i_ said at first. but it kinda' works for him." reno tilted his head and folded his arms. "what about the security footage?"
Troubles (Jo)
"cliché as it sounds," i reply, "but what does your heart truly want? who will really make you happy?" why am i helping jin? shouldn't i persuade him to go for kayla? why do i...? "i... i...
Yesterday was Rough
I plopped myself on the couch and started flipping through the tv channels, then quit when i realized how rediculously cliché is was to do this when bored. i straightened back up on the sofa and looked around the room.
Jasper's Odyssey (S1)
"far from it, in fact, though bonus points for not being absolutely terrified," "well the ride was almost long enough for me to get bored," jasper boasted, "but where the hell are we, and for that matter - although i know it's a cliché - who are you?"
Home Sweet Home
That's a little cliché if you ask me." "everything sounds cliché to you, varin," galena retorted. "if it'll help us talk with animals, then i want one."