gimcrack

Example Sentences

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Imagine the damage such a salesman might do, stirring up dissatisfaction and unhappiness just to sell us a gimcrack agenda that we’d wish we had never bought.

From Washington Post • Jul. 30, 2021

To call this tourist fare is merely to say that its appeal is generic and, yes, a bit gimcrack.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 18, 2018

When it comes to ludicrous, gimcrack wish-fulfillment, each of us is entitled to our own favorite flavor.

From Slate • Jun. 23, 2016

Now plastic everywhere is thought such gimcrack stuff, ripe for landfill, and this attitude is passed off as naïve.

From New York Times • Apr. 21, 2016

Burgee's long, low house was indecently plain, without even so much as a gimcrack or bit of gingerbread decoration.

From Sugar Plum by Bretnor, Reginald