retread

How To Use retread In A Sentence

• We're living through a deeply contradictory time when black folks (and what's left of the unions) are the Dems only truly reliable voting block, and yet every other manifesto for Democratic revitalization is some kind of attenuated, okie-doke Souljah-moment retread. Gary Dauphin: ATT(5)-1=CBC(3)+CHC(1)
• As an author of a romantic comedy myself, I do understand that it is difficult to make the genre seem fresh after many miserable retreads.
• The whole book has the feel of being a retread of issues that have already been quite well publicised.
• However, we have sold over 100,000 of these retreads in Australia over the last several years.
• The story is mostly a retread of clichéd material and does not offer any new or significant plot developments.
• It's interesting to see the different spins the TV spots give the movie, but they basically retread the same footage.
• Most of these "Pulp Fiction" retreads are made by chronically uncool asshats who want to make up for all the wedgies they got in high school.
• Some of the plot contrivances evoke memories of his character in The Truman Show, but the actor avoids the temptation to merely present a retread, turning in arguably his finest portrayal to date.
• Gardener could have easily become a tired spy movie retread, but director Meirelles gives it a major push above the conventions of the genre.
• He said the current consultation appeared to be retreading old ground and said he was disappointed that the commission hadn't been approached to clarify any issues of concern.