Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Definitions

sappy

[sap-ee] / ˈsæp i /


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

The announcement may come as a shock for country fans who have followed the couple through their sappy podcast appearances and gushy acceptance speeches.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 16, 2026

Silly but not sappy, “Project Hail Mary” doesn’t gin up much suspense over whether anything bad will happen.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 18, 2026

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

From Salon Dec. 3, 2025

He suggested the central pair's friendship "rings false", adding: "What should be piercing, impassioned moments are by turns frivolous and sappy."

From BBC Nov. 19, 2025

“Enough with the sappy words, or Gum Baby’s gonna start crying, and nobody wants that. C’mon, Ridgey, take us to go chase some fairies.”

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia

In the sappier one, Chávez’s face is inside a sun, like the baby in “Teletubbies,” hanging over a boy and girl in graduation gowns.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 19, 2026

But fear not – there's enough acknowledgement of corruption and malice to add a balancing menace to those sappier aspects.

From Salon Jan. 2, 2022

That meant we would go on to endure months of “Farewell Season” commercials, arguably sappier than those goodbye montages that aired after each contestant was eliminated.

From Washington Post Mar. 28, 2018

But at times he also takes a slower, sappier stroll through his corner of the Marvel Universe, getting to know his cast and what makes their crooked gears tick.

From Slate May 5, 2017

The book, exclusively excerpted in , reveals a sappier side of the late-night icon.

From Time Oct. 8, 2013

And in the sappiest, cheesiest way, I believe this is how love stories work.

From Salon Feb. 14, 2024

We can still fight back, and the revolution starts here with our takedown of the eight sickest, sappiest, all-around worst holiday commercials of 2019.

From Golf Digest Dec. 5, 2019

Grab some Kleenex and Ben and Jerry's, put on your sappiest playlist, and reminisce on all the celebrity couples who called it quits this year.

From Fox News Dec. 31, 2018

In the graphic at the top of the page, you’ll find the sappiest utterance of the Olympics to date, along with cumulative sap totals for the games thus far.

From Slate Aug. 9, 2016

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 "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz




Vocabulary lists containing sappy


Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Join 12,000,000 vocabulary learners

Start learning new words today on VocabTrainer.
You'll remember them forever.

Start training