How to Use flimflam in a Sentence

flimflam

noun

• The report is just a lot of corporate flimflam.
• But a lot of his showmanship is pure flimflam, meant to dazzle his audience.
  — Marilyn Stasio, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2018
• Voters’ civic duty lies in applying their best judgment to separate the fact from the flimflam.
  — Joseph C. Sternberg, WSJ, 17 Jan. 2019
• Once the flimflam is removed, stocks and bonds are telling a consistent story of a slower but still-growing economy.
  — James MacKintosh, WSJ, 30 Aug. 2018
• California Rep. Adam Schiff may not offer much by way of substance, but give him marks for political flimflam.
  — Kimberley A. Strassel, WSJ, 30 Mar. 2017
• Patients and taxpayers incur the financial costs of this flimflam, and patients suffer further by losing access to local health providers.
  — WSJ, 25 June 2018
• Less deadly, but no less damaging, justice is seen as partial and those who govern us from both sides of the aisle are seen as flimflam men, lining their own pockets while increasingly large numbers of the vulnerable struggle to survive.
  — Michael Auslin, National Review, 3 Aug. 2017
• The telltale sign of political flimflam is a promise to deliver all the benefits associated with a particular policy without any of the costs.
  — Steven Pearlstein, Washington Post, 7 Nov. 2019
• The easy, if negative, response is that Unbuilt Detroit represents the flimflam of real estate development, where billion-dollar visions have little or nothing behind them but pretty pictures.
  — John Gallagher, Detroit Free Press, 3 Nov. 2017
• Michigan, Minnesota, Washington and Syracuse, to name several recent examples, have run their own bold experiments in curricular flimflam.
  — Jay M. Smith, WSJ, 30 Apr. 2018
• The report is just a lot of corporate flimflam.
• But a lot of his showmanship is pure flimflam, meant to dazzle his audience.
  — Marilyn Stasio, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2018
• Voters’ civic duty lies in applying their best judgment to separate the fact from the flimflam.
  — Joseph C. Sternberg, WSJ, 17 Jan. 2019
• Once the flimflam is removed, stocks and bonds are telling a consistent story of a slower but still-growing economy.
  — James MacKintosh, WSJ, 30 Aug. 2018
• California Rep. Adam Schiff may not offer much by way of substance, but give him marks for political flimflam.
  — Kimberley A. Strassel, WSJ, 30 Mar. 2017
• Patients and taxpayers incur the financial costs of this flimflam, and patients suffer further by losing access to local health providers.
  — WSJ, 25 June 2018
• Less deadly, but no less damaging, justice is seen as partial and those who govern us from both sides of the aisle are seen as flimflam men, lining their own pockets while increasingly large numbers of the vulnerable struggle to survive.
  — Michael Auslin, National Review, 3 Aug. 2017
• The telltale sign of political flimflam is a promise to deliver all the benefits associated with a particular policy without any of the costs.
  — Steven Pearlstein, Washington Post, 7 Nov. 2019
• The easy, if negative, response is that Unbuilt Detroit represents the flimflam of real estate development, where billion-dollar visions have little or nothing behind them but pretty pictures.
  — John Gallagher, Detroit Free Press, 3 Nov. 2017
• Michigan, Minnesota, Washington and Syracuse, to name several recent examples, have run their own bold experiments in curricular flimflam.
  — Jay M. Smith, WSJ, 30 Apr. 2018

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