Example sentences for: schlocky

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

  • Washington leans into an otherwise schlocky movie and slams it out of the ballpark" (Stephen Holden, the New York Times ). (Click here to find out more about Carter's story.)

  • Genuine immigration abuses are the backdrop for the schlocky murder mystery, Border Line (Monday, NBC, 9 p.m.), which marks the return to television of Sherry Stringfield (formerly of ER ). But the single-mom-in-peril subplot is so trite it's a wonder she can stay awake, never mind the viewer.

  • Not a bunch of schlocky gags.

  • Critics praise Cameron for evoking vintage Hollywood romances rather than schlocky disaster movies.

  • Most agree that this "dismayingly schlocky and literal-minded thriller" (Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly ) is leavened only by a fine performance by Annette Bening as a woman plagued by the dreams of a serial killer.


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