schlocky

Example Sentences

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Instead, LIV turned into an easy punchline, ridiculed for its dismal TV ratings, its schlocky apparel and teams with beer league softball names: HiFlyers, Crushers, Majesticks, Cleeks and RangeGoats.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Even the schlocky stuff — the films we assume will float from our memories the second they’re over — can turn out to be barn-burners as unforgettable as a good PTA speech.

From Salon • Jan. 31, 2026

The horror greats always knew how to mix the schlocky and the soul-churning.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 23, 2025

In a single-star review, the Guardian's Benjamin Lee called the film "as dumb and schlocky as the worst of the genre, with lousy network TV effects, uninvolving action and unfunny and inelegant dialogue".

From BBC • Feb. 14, 2024

Following what was then a familiar career trajectory, he started in TV before moving into film, and was soon terrifying Olivia de Havilland in the schlocky 1964 thriller “Lady in a Cage.”

From New York Times • Jul. 8, 2022