Sentence examples for common gimmick from inspiring English sources

Pyrotechnics are another common gimmick in Melodifestivalen performances.

A common gimmick at supermarkets are plastic roasting bags, which supposedly speed up the cooking time by turning conventional ovens into microwave-like super-heaters.

But the long-struggling company also employed several common accounting tactics — gimmicks, critics call them — to increase its reported earnings.

Although fairly common as a fundraising gimmick, most are just a few hundred miles long.

Dangling above her is the Damoclean sword included in the bar's name: a silver shower nozzle, positioned to spray flesh-revealing water on a dancer below.Such gimmicks are common in Thamel's bars, where competition for lascivious males is fierce.

Nothing will be done about this — the arrangement is there to disguise too many teams competing for too few slots in October — but the gimmick makes for harsh feelings not common to the pastime.

Nothing will be done about this the arrangement is there to disguise too many teams competing for too few slots in October but the gimmick makes for harsh feelings not common to the pastime.

As a type, the common man includes everyone from the small businessman with a gimmick for miniaturised insect repellent to the billionaire who invests his AIG bonus in retina scanners for Afghanistan.

4K TVs are hardly common at this point in time, so there's certainly an element of gimmick in the addition of this feature right now.

Dogs are the most common pet hotel guests, and hotels have courted their owners for years with gimmicks like doggy reiki and surfing.

"These kinds of budget gimmicks would send any businessman to prison, but in Washington it is common practice to hide the true costs from taxpayers," Mr. Coburn said.