drivel

Example Sentences

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Maybe the drivel would sate you for an hour, but something with genuine substance would taste and feel a whole lot better in the long run.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2025

But some of the books I got were pure academic drivel, totally useless, that gave me no guidance or comfort.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2024

He had described a newspaper report that they had dropped by 30,000 as "drivel", but it was later confirmed the figure was correct.

From BBC • Aug. 23, 2023

“How could the big moguls in their plush counting houses high above Manhattan not read a guy who wrote that ‘on the TV screen pure drivel tends to drive out ordinary drivel’?”

From New York Times • Jun. 29, 2023

I say, "But no NMH fan would ever listen to this drivel."

From "Will Grayson, Will Grayson" by John Green and David Levithan