gruel

Example Sentences

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"The appellant was one of the key leaders... who committed gruel and barbarous crimes against his own people for his party's own political and ideological goals," Chea Leang said.

From Reuters

Open runner-up Matthew Wolff, resurgent at 22 after a two-month hiatus from the pressure of the gruel.

From Washington Post

I love the disgusting synonyms this kind of meal evokes — slop, gruel, goop — and their ogreish consonants.

From New York Times

Sometimes, too, they follow the tradition of feeding small children bland meals of porridge or gruel, while older children and adults are eating stews and vegetables.

From Scientific American

“We have structural problems with the property tax that need more than the approach of a thin gruel circuit breaker, a thin homeowner’s exemption,” said Democratic Sen. Grant Burgoyne.

From Washington Times