claptrap
Example Sentences
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As I’ve reported, one of the nation’s most assiduous dispensers of anti-vaccine claptrap does so from an official perch.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2024
A public defender in Virginia said, "I have never heard of any of that claptrap in my jurisdiction."
From Salon • Jan. 1, 2023
Or, for that matter, the high-concept claptrap offered up at Marni, where Francesco Risso went on a quest to top his immersive be-in of last season with entirely apposite results.
From New York Times • Feb. 27, 2022
Meade, quite understandably, turned out sadistic, Grand Guignol thrillers as a respite from writing sentimental claptrap such as “A Sweet Girl Graduate” and “The Rebel of the School.”
From Washington Post • Oct. 18, 2021
“Well, Eben, what’s this claptrap I hear about the Seven Wonders of the World?”
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
