How to Use glib in a Sentence

glib

adjective
  • Politicians need to do more than provide glib answers to difficult questions.
  • There will be pain, and no one should be glib about that.
    — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 21 Feb. 2024
  • And, contrary to glib forecasts, Biden rose in the polls.
    — Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 7 Nov. 2020
  • The short and glib answer is that this chart is climate change.
    — Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic, 8 Dec. 2020
  • But the whole film remains a bit too glib and smug anyway.
    — Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2021
  • Your very glib response is part of the problem, in my opinion.
    — Amy Dickinson, oregonlive, 29 Aug. 2021
  • Your very glib response is part of the problem, in my opinion.
    — Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 29 Aug. 2021
  • But a lot of this talk of a global Britain is very glib, not very substantial, and needs to be filled out.
    — Mark Landler, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2020
  • The emphasis clearly is on fun, with a lighter, more glib tone being the order of the day.
    — Chris Ball, cleveland.com, 16 Mar. 2018
  • But watch him long enough and what becomes clear is that Joe Pera isn’t after glib laughs.
    — Jason Zinoman, New York Times, 8 Nov. 2021
  • As Rhaenyra understands, that would be too easy, too glib.
    — Judy Berman, TIME, 5 Aug. 2024
  • Elvis had enough wattage to light up the Vegas strip, and so does Baz Luhrmann’s flashy, glib musical biopic.
    — Katie Rife, Vulture, 24 June 2022
  • The analogies between Covid-19 and Peloton aren’t glib.
    — Josh Zumbrun, WSJ, 9 Sep. 2022
  • Yet Reno is rather glib about the achievements of the post-war consensus and the dangers of upsetting it.
    — Samuel Goldman, National Review, 9 Jan. 2020
  • Shallow people focus instead on style, and on the glib talk of the snake oil salesman.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 8 July 2024
  • DeVos smiled and gave glib and at times false statements during the segment.
    — Anne Branigin, The Root, 12 Mar. 2018
  • His writing bears no hint of the glib snark of the Marvel machine, no stray traces of Whedonese.
    — A.a. Dowd, Chron, 13 Dec. 2022
  • And the format can produce commentary that’s too glib by half.
    — The Hive, 24 Jan. 2017
  • The Hulu comedy Deli Boys opens with a glib take on the American dream.
    — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Mar. 2025
  • Even on the merits of the trade argument alone, Trump's decision seems glib.
    — Adam Taylor, Washington Post, 16 May 2018
  • Benny is a funny, glib knock-around guy who’s looking to stay away from drugs in the joint and earn a college degree.
    — John J. Lennon, Vulture, 18 Nov. 2021
  • The climax is both pleasing and glib in tying knots, as well as loose ends, and closing circles.
    — Joe Morgenstern, WSJ, 21 Feb. 2019
  • The glib and easy use of the term can also lead to nauseating self-righteousness.
    — Andrew Sullivan, Daily Intelligencer, 1 Sep. 2017
  • Grant apologizes for his glib comment on night one, and thanks her for her honesty.
    — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 4 Feb. 2025
  • Grant apologizes for his glib comment on night one, and thanks her for her honesty.
    — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 4 Feb. 2025
  • Mulkey is famously glib and surely doesn’t care what anyone thinks of her wardrobe.
    — Lindsay Schnell, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2023
  • The league enjoyed a free ride on glib patriotic display for more than 60 years, and now the bill is coming due.
    — Charles P. Pierce, SI.com, 9 July 2018
  • Buried in the 2006 Newsweek article is a glib definition of the ‘id’ that today reads like a portent.
    — Warren Breckman, New Republic, 1 June 2017
  • Two monologues about grief, Sea Wall / A Life, end up being a couple of glib gestures in the direction of loss.
    — Kyle Smith, National Review, 9 Aug. 2019
  • In the memory,Bradford is charming and glib, a proper foil for the earnest, serious Xavier.
    — Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 26 Jan. 2025

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