formulaic

Example Sentences

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While the fiction became formulaic, it could yield dazzling plots alongside predictable parlor tricks.

From The Wall Street Journal

It’s his inability to flatter with formulaic language that ultimately causes him to be banished from Rome.

From The Wall Street Journal

A mixed bag of eye-catching imagery and formulaic writing, “Goat” disappoints because it follows every expected path toward a triumphant conclusion.

From Los Angeles Times

“The Housemaid” is far from the formulaic thriller its trailers and general synopsis suggest.

From Salon

He showed us CCF documents that said the information Russia had provided was "generic and formulaic" and there had been an "inadequate explanation" of the alleged crime.

From BBC