sappy

Example Sentences

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The only woman he ever loved, according to the sappy anniversary speech he gives every year.

From Literature

“I’m not mean. Really. Come back,” that soft, sappy part of me wanted to say.

From Literature

He’d seen plenty of polar bear cubs from inside his parents’ tundra buggy, but never one this close-up, and suddenly he was cooing like the sappiest tourist.

From Literature

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

From Salon

The film rests in a dismal tone for so long that its gloominess becomes sappy, making the ending feel hackneyed and inevitable.

From Salon