Example Sentences

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But in a nice inversion of TV’s old brain-rotting reputation, my head felt pleasantly empty.

From New York Times • Dec. 18, 2017

His sister Lisa would call her brother, “the spawn of every shrieking commercial, every brain-rotting soda pop, every teacher who cares less about young minds than about cashing their big, fat paychecks.”

From Salon • Dec. 6, 2015

That little hell-raiser," she recently ranted, "is the spawn of every shrieking commercial, every brain-rotting soda pop, every teacher who cares less about young minds than about cashing their big, fat paychecks.

From Time Magazine Archive

I want that generous box, which showered me in my blissful childhood with brain-rotting, violent shows like Speed Racer and Spider-Man, to give and give and expect nothing in return.

From Time Magazine Archive