pabulum

Example Sentences

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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

While it sogs relatively quickly, the soft pabulum that remains is still tasty, and sloughs off just enough of that cinnamon and sugar to make a satisfying bowl of cereal milk.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2019

In the recently released update for its efficiency study of the Iowa regent system, Deloitte Consulting managed to dish out a softer stew of pabulum than we expected - and we already expected mush.

From Washington Times • Jun. 16, 2014

Their account, more candid and offbeat than the typical political pabulum, represents an attempt, Abby said, to “give kids our age an inside perspective into life on the campaign trail.”

From New York Times • Oct. 7, 2011

Before one has arrived at a discriminating age, he cannot sit down to every sort of literary pabulum regardless of consequences.

From Confessions of a Neurasthenic by Marrs, William Taylor