get stale
Frequency: 7.512.1 per million words
usually figurative
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Examples (10)
- A routine can get stale if you don't vary it.
- Their relationship started to get stale after years of no new experiences.
- Even the most exciting job can get stale without new challenges.
- If you don't keep learning, your skills might get stale.
- The band's music began to get stale, lacking its former innovation.
- The political rhetoric has started to get stale; people want fresh ideas.
- Don't let your passion for the project get stale; find new ways to engage.
- Without new input, even a brilliant mind can get stale.
- Their creative process was starting to get a bit stale, so they took a break.
- If you do the same exercise every day, it can quickly get stale.