The juice from its hydro-power dam was needed to supply meager light to a million homes and to cook the pablum for two million brand-new babies.
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Pablum
//ˈpæbləm//
Synonyms for "pablum" (3 found)
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Translations
10 translations across 7 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 單調乏味 /单调乏味 noun (something bland or simplistic)
Finnish
1 entries- puppu noun (something bland or simplistic)
French
1 entries- bouillie noun (something bland or simplistic)
German
1 entries- Einheitsbrei noun (something bland or simplistic)
Russian
1 entries- бана́льщина noun (something bland or simplistic)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- banálnōst noun (something bland or simplistic)
- trivijálnōst noun (something bland or simplistic)
- бана́лно̄ст noun (something bland or simplistic)
- тривија́лно̄ст noun (something bland or simplistic)
Swedish
1 entries- snack noun (something bland or simplistic)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
The smallest of attentions on his wife's part towards the baby […] struck him as having the nature of an affront. Clothes would have to be bought, a carriage, toys, all manner of pablums and bromides—then even larger clothes, a larger carriage, a longer bed— […]
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They [tamarinds] can be used to sweeten and season foods such as: […] Cereal products—including Africa's many types of porridges, gruels, and pablums (fufu, ugali, toh, ogi, kisra, pap, couscous, and the rest).
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"If you want to be filled with pablum and tranquilizers," [Robert F.] Kennedy told crowds, "then don’t vote for me. I'm not going to give you any tired answers. […] I'm going to tell it like it is."
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