Example sentences for: gobbledygook

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

  • Rosenthal columns and episodes of Charlie Rose . Never mind that The Clinton Syndrome is filled with gobbledygook such as "Let us sum up Bill Clinton's early childhood influences in terms of bio-psycho-social determinants."

  • Bradley responded with a stream of gobbledygook, the thrust of which was that he stood by his decisions and would do the same again, even with the benefit of hindsight.

  • Closely related to gobbledygook, but more malicious, is doublespeak . In 1973, the National Council of Teachers of English established a Committee on Public Doublespeak to help identify and stamp out evasive and obfuscating terminology slithering out of public sources, such as “uncontrolled contact with the ground” for “airplane crash” and “inoperative statement” for “lie.”

  • In fact, Americans seem to possess a tolerance and perhaps even a relish for gobbledygook.

  • Congressional critics say the plans are legal "gobbledygook" offering no new protections to passengers.


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