Sentence examples for for gimmick from inspiring English sources

That they come from the crowd is touted as a new democratisation: less kindly opinions might opt for "gimmick".

GM's new product czar also has no use for gimmick engineering: "The thought that huge advances in voice-recognition, or screen-technology, or multi-function displays or ever-trickier consoles, or embroidered floormats, etc., etc. will somehow override other deficiencies (or, worse yet, "averageness") is wrong".

Sadly, The New York Times, anxious to find a low-cost miracle cure for what educationally ails us has now become a shill for gimmick of the month snake oil salespeople.

"Take it easy, kid; everything will become clear," Leo tells Joel at about the 50-minute mark of the play, just when the audience is beginning to wonder how much longer the what-is-this-meeting-for gimmick can be stretched.

We tend to fetishise it, using it for gimmicks and for cheap PR.

As for the TV screens -- this striving for gimmicks is foolish.

And not for gimmicks or show, just the most profoundly felt music-­making.

Mr. Silverman reinvented himself as a playboy with a penchant for gimmicks.

"If you find yourself looking for gimmicks, then what you are saying is that this is not interesting.

With investors closely scrutinizing companies' accounting for gimmicks, companies have grown reluctant to use aggressive accounting techniques, the survey found.

Likewise, Tim Hamilton has a singular eye for clothes that are well designed but still accessible to men with a low tolerance for gimmicks.