Overused and/or weak words

     Some words appear only as past tense, but present tense of those words are also intended to be included.  I am not implying that these words are always overused and/or weak, just that they can be.  These strike me as the most common to be "mistreated".
  • almost
  • and
  • anyway
  • appeared
  • because
  • began
  • but
  • came
  • could
  • even
  • felt
  • few
  • got
  • had
  • have been
  • heard
  • is
  • just
  • like
  • looked
  • moved
  • nearly
  • nodded
  • only
  • quite
  • rather
  • really
  • seemed
  • should
  • shrugged
  • slightly
  • so
  • some
  • spun
  • started
  • stuff
  • suddenly
  • that
  • that - when you mean who
  • then
  • thing
  • turned
  • very
  • walked
  • was
  • went  
  • were
  • would