claptrap

Example Sentences

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Is there a remedy for claptrap like the BMJ article?

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2024

A public defender in Virginia said, "I have never heard of any of that claptrap in my jurisdiction."

From Salon • Jan. 1, 2023

Or, for that matter, the high-concept claptrap offered up at Marni, where Francesco Risso went on a quest to top his immersive be-in of last season with entirely apposite results.

From New York Times • Feb. 27, 2022

"I think talk of constitutional conventions and all sort of academic claptrap frankly to me doesn't seem to be in tune with the guys trying to run this camp."

From BBC • Aug. 25, 2021

A recluse story contained more sense, but Royal thought the army part was claptrap.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead