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Example sentences for: hokey
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An interesting mix of genres (vampire and Western) winds up as a hokey mess: "[T]his gummy mix of fake-Catholic mumbo jumbo and teeth-in-neck horror goes limp" (Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly ). "[T]he unintended campiness of Vampires makes Night of the Living Dead look like an episode of Nightline " (Michael O'Sullivan, the Washington Post ). But Gene Siskel praises the film, calling it "surprisingly entertaining" ( Chicago Tribune ). (Watch the trailer.)
The basic concept is hokey, if mildly original: A band of old-west nasties stumbles into a strange town populated by the souls of dead outlaws doing penance in the hopes of earning a seat on the great stagecoach to heaven.
Having expected a disaster, most critics confess surprise that Robert Altman's direction redeems this thriller, which began as a hokey John Grisham story.
It would also have seemed petty to go to the manager and tattle--mostly because he would probably have been disinclined to approach her and say, "I was informed you've been eating the Hokey Pokey."
As for the questions you raise, Prudie thinks you were correct not to say anything because that would have undoubtedly led to a brouhaha in the aisle--perhaps with some Hokey Pokey being lobbed.