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

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

It’s actually a pretty easy issue to defuse: just churn out some pabulum about how running for president is difficult and you’re thinking about the future of the country and blah blah blah.

From Salon • Oct. 7, 2015

But the provisional rulers took care that those under their guardianship should have stronger pabulum than spoon-meat.

From Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. I) by O'Shea, John Augustus