gruel
Example Sentences
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But in terms of its actual content, the statement was pretty thin gruel, bristling with public relations-style circumlocution and vagueness.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 27, 2026
By historical standards that’s pretty thin gruel, and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says it even might overstate job creation.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 15, 2025
“The market had expected a confident story of further margin development and was instead served a thin gruel as far as 2030 guidance was concerned.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025
But this may be thin gruel for someone with Boris Johnson's outsize personality.
From BBC • Jun. 15, 2023
After a little more discourse in praise of gruel, with some wondering at its not being taken every evening by every body, he proceeded to say, with an air of grave reflection,
From "Emma" by Jane Austen
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