How do you use Schlock in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like dreck or merchandise, plus the exact meaning.
Schlock meaning
Any commodity that is shoddy or inferior; now, usually, writing or audiovisual content that is shoddy or inferior.
Synonyms of Schlock
Using Schlock
- The main meaning on this page is: Any commodity that is shoddy or inferior; now, usually, writing or audiovisual content that is shoddy or inferior.
- Useful related words include: shlock, dreck, merchandise, ware.
Context around Schlock
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 4 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 10 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Schlock
- In this selection, "schlock" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 23 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, budget, schlick, superhero, filled, delicacies and shock stand out and add context to how "schlock" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and retro schlock delicacies they and are superhero schlock in spirit. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "schlock" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with schlock
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
But isn’t going for low-brow schlock. (8 words)
Somebody call Aaron Schlock… he knows all the closet cases in Congress. (12 words)
Stephen Paul Miller, for instance, witnessed "a revival of fifties schlock shock.. (12 words)
It's silly for sure, but it's big-budget schlock that knows what it is, and commits to it without wasting too much of anyone's time, seeing as it's only about 93 minutes long. (37 words)
Even when a Reynolds project isn’t technically in a Marvel film, they still possess that irritating, depthless sheen: films such as 2021’s The Hitman’s Bodyguard are superhero schlock in spirit, if not in technicality. (37 words)
While underwater sci-fi thriller movies have proven themselves to be an achievable concept from films like is a case where the concept's execution transforms it into a hilariously bad schlock-filled B-movie. (35 words)
Example sentences (10)
It's silly for sure, but it's big-budget schlock that knows what it is, and commits to it without wasting too much of anyone's time, seeing as it's only about 93 minutes long.
Much of this schlick-schlock really meant something to someone at some point in their lives.
Even when a Reynolds project isn’t technically in a Marvel film, they still possess that irritating, depthless sheen: films such as 2021’s The Hitman’s Bodyguard are superhero schlock in spirit, if not in technicality.
While underwater sci-fi thriller movies have proven themselves to be an achievable concept from films like is a case where the concept's execution transforms it into a hilariously bad schlock-filled B-movie.
But isn’t going for low-brow schlock.
Somebody call Aaron Schlock… he knows all the closet cases in Congress.
This fall, rather than canceling the annual Music Box of Horrors festival of thriller, horror and retro schlock delicacies, they took it outside.
But those themes are explored in a far more intimate level of detail than any schlock B-movie would, or could, allow for.
He mused that Raimi possessed an "almost unreal ability to suggest the presence of intangible evil", which was what prevented the movie from being "B-movie schlock".
Stephen Paul Miller, for instance, witnessed "a revival of fifties schlock shock..