campy

Example Sentences

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"I love Doctor Who, but Torchwood was something else. It was quirky, it was campy, it was just a lot of fun," she said.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026

Besson always manages to get his actors on the same page he is, and both Jones and Bleu match the director’s campy operatic tone in their melodramatic performances.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2026

It would be ignorant to dismiss how critical this film is for the mid-budget movie’s longevity just because it also happens to be extremely campy.

From Salon • Jan. 31, 2026

When Mr. Cameron’s Na’vi growl and bare their teeth at one another, they come across as campy and catty critters—“Real Housewives of Pandora.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2025

It did not help that to pass the time Joe plucked incessantly at a ukulele, singing and whistling the campy tunes that he and his father enjoyed so much.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown