hokum

Example Sentences

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It abandoned the hokum that convinced educators that they could teach kids to read through pictures and context clues rather than decoding words.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 21, 2026

"That is hokum," Matz told the appeals court.

From Reuters • Oct. 23, 2023

For all the creakily derivative supernatural hokum on display, the ghosts that haunt this movie turn out to be all too persuasively real.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 14, 2023

Similarly, the way “Good Night Oppy” anthropomorphizes the robots might sound like pure Hollywood hokum.

From New York Times • Nov. 3, 2022

And even though I knew the ins and outs of such hokum, I was still impressed.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan