Example sentences for: dreck

How can you use “dreck” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • I don't know why it is that adult readers--including myself, since my reading life (which is to say, my life) is divided evenly between bedtime stories for younger children and serious adult fiction (plenty of dreck there!)--eschew the pleasures these books afford, especially since we are likely to have fond, intense memories of just those pleasures.

  • Success breeds infinite imitation, and infinite imitation means loads of dreck that garners poor ratings and cancellation.

  • The most enthusiastic: It "triumphs by being its smart, shambling self, though it takes a while to get there" (Richard Corliss, Time ). Most critics say the tasty nuggets of fun are too few and far between: It "has moments of brilliance waving their arms to attract attention in a sea of dreck" (Roger Ebert, the Chicago Sun-Times ). (To check out the comic book the film was based on and to watch the trailer, visit the official site.)

  • Starr Dreck

  • Of course, there's plenty of dreck being written for all ages, but the best kids' books--particularly ones by British writers--pull their readers through adventures of the sort that seem to have vanished from serious adult fiction, with compelling inventiveness that's rarely been seen since Lawrence Sterne.


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