gruel

Example Sentences

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But in terms of its actual content, the statement was pretty thin gruel, bristling with public relations-style circumlocution and vagueness.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 27, 2026

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

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

From Slate • Aug. 10, 2024

The young woman next to her spoon-feeds the old woman rice gruel.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung