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
Pussy Riot released a song, “Like a Red Prison,” that includes the line “Balanda! Propaganda!” in reference to a gruel that has been fed to prisoners since the era of the gulags.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2022
Thin gruel in the grand scheme of post truth, maybe, but still instructive and illuminating in the extreme.
From Slate • Aug. 8, 2022
The gruel was grey and watery, and he pushed it away after his third spoonful and let it congeal in the bowl.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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