claptrap
Example Sentences
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One doesn’t have to be a fan of Disney to see that as fatuous claptrap.
From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2023
A public defender in Virginia said, "I have never heard of any of that claptrap in my jurisdiction."
From Salon • Jan. 1, 2023
Michiko Kakutani, writing in The New York Times, called it “a sappy romance novel, gussied up with some sentimental claptrap about the emotional life of animals and lots of Walleresque hooey about men and women.”
From New York Times • Aug. 15, 2022
Meade, quite understandably, turned out sadistic, Grand Guignol thrillers as a respite from writing sentimental claptrap such as “A Sweet Girl Graduate” and “The Rebel of the School.”
From Washington Post • Oct. 18, 2021
“Well, Eben, what’s this claptrap I hear about the Seven Wonders of the World?”
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
