hokey
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“Rocky” was hokey, sentimental, dealt freely in stereotypes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
The song would only become even more synonymous with the president in 2022, when his hokey dance often done to the classic became so viral that athletes around the world began imitating it.
From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026
By the end of the week the bond markets were more than nervous as a result of the hokey cokey over income tax.
From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2025
Fans were soon drawing Kent’s hokey monster against rainbow backdrops.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2024
My socks balled up on the hardwood floor made a greater statement than any of their hokey claptrap with the carefully matted frames and big curly signatures in the lower left-hand corners.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
As with Disneyland, the Trader Joe’s version of “acting” tends to be a bit hokier and altogether more crass than the Hollywood version.
From New York Times ● Nov. 16, 2016
Peña is more limited by the script, but together they bring a dignity to their roles that tempers some of the hokier plot points.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 4, 2014
Dichen Lachman plays a dinosaur smuggler who, in a baffling reprisal of “Fallen Kingdom’s” hokiest conceit, wields a laser pointer that commands dinos to attack its targets.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 8, 2022
“Manifest,” alas, beelines thoughtlessly toward its hokiest idea, when some of the returning passengers discover they’ve acquired psychic powers.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 23, 2018
“We were fearful people would say it was the hokiest thing they ever saw,” Prieb said.
From New York Times ● Oct. 10, 2011
In fact, they are the hokiest team in baseball.
From Time Magazine Archive
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