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adjective

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of claptrap
Adjective
Third, despite Trump’s claptrap, plenty of fresh delta water is being pumped south to fill fire hydrants and the tanks of firefighting aircraft. George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025 Many Red Sox fans have had it up to here with that building-for-the-future claptrap, so much so that expectations were scary low coming into the 2024 season. Steve Buckley, The Athletic, 31 July 2024 Mostly Rivas gets rid of distracting racist, sexist or classist claptrap in the script, annoyances that have nothing to do with its plot. Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 27 Mar. 2024 That meant rolling home with bloody scrapes full of gravel past old farmhouses cheap enough for mailmen and jazz musicians to buy, build claptrap chicken coops and grow weed in the backyard. Daniel Duane, New York Times, 30 May 2023 See All Example Sentences for claptrap
Recent Examples of Synonyms for claptrap
Noun
  • Lisha speaks nonsense — or is that because she is concussed?
    Andy Hoglund, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Explaining exactly why this particular trend, like so many confounding memes and viral nonsense, will travel unbelievably far on the web, and elsewhere, is as easy as painting wind.
    Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Driving through deep water can also negatively affect a vehicle's mechanical and electrical systems.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Its improved flexibility, joint control, and mechanical balance enable it to mimic human movement more closely than ever before.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Stop Sales sent the raw chicken, cut cow foot and jerk sauce into the garbage.
    David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Prosecutors said Hernandez choked Etan, stuffed his body into a plastic garbage bag hidden inside a box and took it out with the trash.
    Brie Stimson, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • However, his latest mistake is very hypocritical and raises some questions about double standards in his coaching.
    Drew VonScio, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Most of these hypocritical legislators are near the completion of their involvement in the Capitol thanks to term limits.
    John Moorlach, Oc Register, 22 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Don’t use mulch made from black walnut wood, leaves, or nuts near your orchard.
    Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Oct. 2025
  • So in 2017, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases formally recommended parents introduce children under the age of 3 to allergens like nuts.
    Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • This was due to the incredible amount of rubbish that had been left to pile up inside.
    Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
  • This is absolute rubbish, calculated to pour gasoline on the growing divide between conservatives and progressives.
    DP Opinion, Denver Post, 29 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The drama between them is no longer real and relatable, but contrived and silly.
    Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The Prince of Pennsylvania is a thoroughly contrived and mediocre comedy, featuring Reeves with an incredibly unfortunate haircut.
    Tim Grierson, Vulture, 18 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • That youthful connection continued through other hosts who took over NBC's Late Night franchise, from the serious silliness of Conan O'Brien to the hard-partying glad-handing of Jimmy Fallon.
    Eric Deggans, NPR, 13 Oct. 2025
  • More than anything, even amid the silliness and absurdities of the medical emergencies, the show’s feel-good moments, which involve people being saved and others working together, depict a deep humanity.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 10 Oct. 2025

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“Claptrap.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/claptrap. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.

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