cornball
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The music won over the suits, and the Bayou Boys soon had their own daily program, “Hayloft Hoedown,” a mix of blistering, acoustic-only live performances and manic cornball comedy skits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Once I noticed that the supermarket where I shop was churning out generic cornball Walmart country music to a staff that consisted almost entirely of Hispanic women.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 15, 2025
For all its emotionality, the dialogue can be a little flat, a little stiff, a little cornball.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2025
This episode’s cornball elements are on full display in its opening scene, as Axe’s forces break up a romance between two aristocratic aliens from different races.
From New York Times ● Apr. 5, 2023
"Yeah, he might not say stuff like, Jazz is a cornball," I teased, looking over her shoulder at what she was working on.
From "When I Was the Greatest" by Jason Reynolds
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