gimcrack

Example Sentences

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Imagine the damage such a salesman might do, stirring up dissatisfaction and unhappiness just to sell us a gimcrack agenda that we’d wish we had never bought.

From Washington Post • Jul. 30, 2021

To call this tourist fare is merely to say that its appeal is generic and, yes, a bit gimcrack.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 18, 2018

When it comes to ludicrous, gimcrack wish-fulfillment, each of us is entitled to our own favorite flavor.

From Slate • Jun. 23, 2016

With their showy, gimcrack splendour, his novels are the 19th-century equivalent of Hollywood tinsel.

From The Guardian • Jul. 17, 2013

I was never one to jump to gimcrack conclusions, and I said as much with perhaps more candour than the occasion required.

From Witching Hill by Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William)