Example sentences for: froth

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

  • He works himself into a fake froth; does some calculated, halfhearted gonzo writing; then collects a fat check.

  • He's also a cardinal example of the speculative mania that long bull markets often engender, the froth that rises to the surface in turbulent times.

  • Of these, or the many other similar examples I've collected, there is no mention in the book . The reason that I didn't mention them was that to do so seemed to me "a cheap shot"--concentrating on the ephemeral and the inconsequential--the scummy froth atop the waves of any discourse.

  • St. Johns law professor and Sunday poet Lawrence Joseph's anthology of conversations with New York attorneys is deemed humorous but "pointless" (Rob Long, the Weekly Standard ). Reviewers say Joseph is "good at catching the way people talk" (Christopher Lehman-Haupt, the New York Times ) and his characters "are first cousins to David Mamet's or Eric Bogosian's ranters" (Philip Lopate, Esquire ). But beneath the froth the book offers little insight into the way lawyers work, Long says; it's really about "what colorful New Yorkers talk about when they're trying to be colorful."

  • The rap on Brown is that she's "vapid" and "shallow," and her magazine is "fluff" and "froth."


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