gruel

Example Sentences

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By historical standards that’s pretty thin gruel, and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says it even might overstate job creation.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 15, 2025

“The market had expected a confident story of further margin development and was instead served a thin gruel as far as 2030 guidance was concerned.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025

“You know, kids in other countries have no choice. They have to eat gruel for every meal.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2024

There’s a few different threads of criticism, some thinner gruel than others.

From Slate • Aug. 10, 2024

Prisoners on kitchen detail lugged in great buckets of gruel made of wheat and peas, tasteless but nourishing.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom