Words similar to snake-oil
Example sentences for: snake-oil
How can you use “snake-oil” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:
Although this glib and witty piece in Slate suggests this is some sort of snake-oil therapy, it certainly is not!
In , O'Shea and Madigan paint a bleak picture of corporations dazzled by snake-oil salesmen operating with "a blind and sometimes fatal certainty," and of long-term financial health sacrificed to short-term thinking.
He just seemed more relaxed yesterday--less of a snake-oil salesman, less apt to be pissed-off by rude questions, more willing to hit back, but in a good-natured way, and more confident about his own achievements.