hokum

Example Sentences

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

From Literature

Gershman added that “virtually every fact contained in the report is likely already in the public domain” and said that the “idea that releasing the report will prejudice codefendants is hokum.”

From Salon

One former Tory minister said: “We need to call out this hokum”.

From BBC

I considered joining the eclipse crowds in Carbondale, Ill., where a news report on Atlas Obscura said that old-time apocalyptic fever — also known as modern-day conspiracy theorist hokum — had taken hold.

From Los Angeles Times

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