kitsch
Example Sentences
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Future takes on the character weren’t kind to the kitsch of Ward and West.
From Salon • Jan. 23, 2026
The Robin Hood legend is one that can always stand up to a retelling, though remaking anything like the ’38 “Adventures of Robin Hood”—at least in the same tone of voice—would result in kitsch.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025
Part of the reason those recipes look so alien to us now is that, in postwar America, food science was less kitsch than it was cutting-edge.
From Salon • Sep. 23, 2025
Brendel listed his hobbies in Who's Who as "unintentional humour and the collection of kitsch".
From BBC • Jun. 17, 2025
But here she was now, disliking it with the haughty confidence of a person who recognized kitsch.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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