Sentence examples for used gimmick from inspiring English sources

In the movie, it seems a structural gimmick — though a very cleverly used gimmick, which is enjoyable in itself.

Under Coach George Karl, Milwaukee's goal was to outscore its opponents, and the Bucks often used gimmick trapping defenses that stopped few teams.

Cute, but in all likelihood a rarely used gimmick.

But dedicating two of the mode dial's precious four positions to these rarely used gimmicks is a criminal splurge.

Toward the end of the interview, Mr. Cook bristled when asked questions about whether Apple used gimmicks or accounting tricks to dodge billions in taxes.

The administration has used gimmicks to postpone most of the cost of these tax cuts until after 2008 -- and whaddya know, the Office of Management and Budget has suddenly stopped talking about 10-year projections and now officially looks only five years ahead.

They talk about how Kirk could tell them by their footsteps; how he used masking tape to customize his instruments, including making a funnel for his nose flute; how he could rap about prejudice from the bandstand; and how he felt about people saying he used gimmicks.

The song used gimmicks such as a vocal stutter to simulate the speech of a mod on amphetamines, and two key changes.

Both campaigns showed the huge potential of using gimmicks to raise funds.

"We don't use gimmicks," Apple's C.E.O., Timothy D. Cook, declared in prepared testimony.

"It's a shame a man has to use gimmicks like this to get elected," Mr. Nixon said.