sappy
Example Sentences
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The film rests in a dismal tone for so long that its gloominess becomes sappy, making the ending feel hackneyed and inevitable.
From Salon • Nov. 30, 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
Cluttered with crude “dad humor” cartoons, sappy inspirational wall hangings and peeling travel posters, these intimate spaces are often artless.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 30, 2025
To counter this, she has an uncommonly strong script for the genre, balancing the sappy and sentimental with a slangy skater-queer-cool-kid voice inhabited comfortably by both Stella and Plaza.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 13, 2024
I expect Sara to cringe, because I’m being totally sappy, but she nods.
From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan
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