It was claimed that his art was becoming formulaic and repetitive, if not trite.

It's almost become very formulaic, and metal to me was never a formulaic genre.

With its now annual release schedule, the Assassin's Creed series is in real danger of becoming formulaic.

By the time of the Joseon period, the stone battle game had become more formulaic, and had spread to the general population.

The show that was once so innovative - in particular its real-time 24-hour countdown - has become creakily formulaic.

His clarinet-led reed section automatically identified his sound without becoming formulaic.

When he took over the festival, it had become tired and formulaic.

While this genre has become pretty formulaic, Theatre of Ice nevertheless demonstrate a distinctive sound.

It's the movies that are becoming more formulaic.

Many of the films have become formulaic, using the same German footage, the same static interviewing techniques.