flummery
Example Sentences
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And it raises the question of whether a brand can succeed simply by presenting the goods, without flummery.
From New York Times • Oct. 7, 2021
"But he really just wanted to cut through all the flummery and get people to see him for what he was."
From Fox News • Apr. 18, 2021
His career in flummery and flimflam was launched when he left reform school at age 14 to work as a Coney Island pitchman, then joined Dr. W.H.
From Washington Post • Aug. 8, 2018
Ultimately, Dynamo's brand of streetbound trickery isn't about eloquence or flummery.
From The Guardian • Jul. 6, 2013
It sounded like a lot of flummery to Drave, but what did he know?
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
