soppy
Example Sentences
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But he does an excellent job of squaring the fading man before his eyes—the soppy grandparent and proud father—with the “shadowy, mysterious, sometimes frightening, often absent” stock figure from his youth.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025
"Not to get all soppy, but it's just something I never thought I would have", says Jo, who previously starred in the musical & Juliet and uses they/them pronouns.
From BBC • Aug. 20, 2024
The lyrics are soppy, but Jacques delivers the maternal sentiment with a thunderous passion worthy of Jennifer Holliday.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 24, 2022
During “Walking in the Rain,” she finds a way to telegraph her soppy heartsickness over boomy thunderclaps.
From Washington Post • Jan. 13, 2022
I wash my hands and my soppy sleeves, but they both remain discolored.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
