Example sentences for: slapped-on

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

  • Some find it "spellbinding," with "a solemn eroticism [that] sometimes recalls The Elephant Man " (Joe Morgenstern, the Wall Street Journal ). Others say the "slapped-on eeriness peels away to reveal little more than simplistic dramatic ploys" and that it is "neither weighty nor as weird as it would like to think" (Dennis Lim, the Village Voice ). The balance tips slightly in the film's favor: The New York Times ' Maslin writes that the film "has style, gravity and originality to spare ...

  • That's why the Journal's line about trading not being the sole cause seemed so slapped-on and insufficient to me.


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