pabulum

Example Sentences

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Hidden Valley Renaissance is the ranch dressing of Italian Revival architecture — mostly pabulum, sort of has taste, taken for granted and consumed accordingly.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2022

But their observations about love are such pabulum that a passer-by might mistake what their glimpsing for the opener of a "Saturday Night Live" short film parody.

From Salon • May 15, 2022

The Peabody Awards praised it for “offering the perfect counter to the enduring prevalence of toxic masculinity,” and the show’s Twitter account, which spouted pabulum about the decency of the human spirit, became extremely popular.

From New York Times • Nov. 17, 2021

Well, at least a 10-minute look when one cuts out all of the promotional pabulum for the cartoon.

From Washington Times • Feb. 6, 2018

From present indications all that can be said is to the effect that a pabulum similar in variety, no doubt meets the needs of many species.

From The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species by MacBride, Thomas H. (Thomas Huston)