dreck

Example Sentences

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A pure popcorn movie would pick fireworks over fleeing to safety, especially when the common wisdom of the time was that sequels were dreck.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2025

But soon, the site started “putting ‘content’ articles into everyone’s feed,” flooding the site with articles that were, according to Starr, “just dreck, gossipy-rag articles about Hollywood figures.”

From Slate • Feb. 2, 2024

Sadly, this decrease isn't happening in time for people to discover some outstanding shows that were canceled along with the dreck, one of which made this year-end list.

From Salon • Dec. 30, 2023

“Talk to Me” seemingly takes place entirely at night, adding to the atmosphere, but it never devolves into dull gray dreck.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 27, 2023

It felt odd to be wearing shoes in June, but I was glad to have them since the streets were sharp with bits of glass and metal, filthy with dust and dreck.

From "Beyond the Bright Sea" by Lauren Wolk