sappy

Example Sentences

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Even the most sappy, predictable Christmas movies have an emotional tether.

From Salon • Dec. 3, 2025

People are swooning over sappy K-dramas from Dubai to India to Singapore.

From BBC • Dec. 28, 2024

For decades, the powers that be have told a very specific narrative about us: triumphalist and trite, self-congratulatory and sappy, while staying far away from our difficult parts.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 22, 2024

It’s only when Clement brings his flair that this film has anything worth paying attention to, because he’s the dash of acid that offsets this otherwise totally saccharine and sappy story about embracing imagination.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 2, 2024

If Mom was going to get all sappy right here in front of Mr. Reardon, Jonah wouldn’t be able to take it.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix