corny
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But more often than not, the combination comes off forced; corny at best, insipid at worst.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
"I'm a physics teacher and I've got a terrible sense of humour," he confesses, so he particularly likes it if the students pick up on his fondness for corny puns.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
"I think for me those are the sounds of independence... it's also the sound of freedom, without trying to sound all corny."
From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026
It’s one of the set’s catchiest songs, marred only by a corny spoken-word bit—hopefully, she’ll leave these talky bridges behind on her next collection.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026
He must’ve cruised up the hall just in time to hear my corny answer.
From "Shine!" by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein
I think the “Star Wars” series “Andor” is one of the franchise’s most sophisticated and artful products to date; but I did enjoy returning to the lighter, cornier, more old-fashioned adventures of “The Mandalorian.”
From New York Times ● Mar. 1, 2023
The soup tasted cornier than what you gnaw off the cob, because they roast the cobs to make the stock.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 14, 2017
Yet most of the album’s songs have not aged well, especially the ersatz psychedelia of “Tuesday Afternoon,” which felt far cornier than other willfully trippy visions from its era.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2017
In fact, the cornier the quips, the more they seemed to like it.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 6, 2015
Her mom and dad, together and apart, weirdly hovering over her hospital bed like aliens from movies even cornier than teenage family dramas.
From "Look Both Ways" by Jason Reynolds
Convery has nicely feathered hair and a character burdened by the plot’s corniest contrivances: a bully stubbornly pursuing him to the literal end of civilization, a lost pet dog that he’s determined to rescue.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
Now the promised ruin of the Statue of Liberty didn't signal a dystopian future; it grounded even the corniest disaster movies in something resembling reality.
From Salon ● Apr. 26, 2024
Just not if you’re the type of muso who finds best-of lists to be tacky, reflexive rituals that serve only to replicate and reinforce the marketplace’s ugliest, corniest competitive impulses.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 6, 2019
Even the corniest summer blockbusters now regularly clock in at two-and-a-half hours.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 9, 2017
It’s the corniest and sweetest thing I’ve ever seen.
From "Pride" by Ibi Zoboi
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