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as in sentimental
appealing to the emotions in an obvious and tiresome way
corny violin music during the movie's love scenes
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as in rustical
tiresomely obvious and unsophisticated
the audience groaned as the emcee told one corny joke after another
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Recent Examples of corny
Why is everyone involved in this movie so determined to take such a corny premise seriously?
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Kirk Honeycutt, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Dec. 2024
What might seem like a corny gimmick was actually a brilliant strategy.
—Harry Kraemer, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
On its social media accounts, the new Enron also released a minute-long video – a corny montage of cities, rocket launches and a twirling ballerina accompanied with narration about a changing world.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 3 Dec. 2024
The corniest claims to Brat status heed the same urge as the people doing backflips at Clairo shows.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 11 Oct. 2024
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Kirk Honeycutt, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Dec. 2024
What might seem like a corny gimmick was actually a brilliant strategy.
—Harry Kraemer, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
On its social media accounts, the new Enron also released a minute-long video – a corny montage of cities, rocket launches and a twirling ballerina accompanied with narration about a changing world.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 3 Dec. 2024
The corniest claims to Brat status heed the same urge as the people doing backflips at Clairo shows.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 11 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for corny
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Some 12,000 structures — buildings and cars — have been destroyed so far, and with them many tons of property of all levels of sentimental meaning.Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Jan. 2025
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The paintings are far from sentimental keepsakes and instead often tell stories of similar loss and tragedy experienced by others, including the children depicted, who sometimes died young, or went on to live troubled lives.The Editors of ARTnews, ARTnews.com, 15 Jan. 2025
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The word out of Arizona is that Kingsbury’s Cardinals teams were too often sloppy and undisciplined and that his full-team leadership skills and oversight have been lacking.Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 15 Jan. 2025
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His footwork seemed sloppy and his eyes often waffled from one side of the field to the other and back.Alec Lewis, The Athletic, 14 Jan. 2025
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To gain her confidence, Arabella pretends to be Jewish (a hokey contrivance that Shakespeare would have approved of), and Indji shares the story of her banishment.Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 13 Jan. 2025
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Cutting a long story short, a vocal minority of reactionary gamers is perturbed that a sci-fi video game features a Black samurai protagonist, despite the game’s hokey premise centering on the genetic recording of memories written to computer software.Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2025
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Concerns about the shape of the U.K. economy are mounting, with investors and businesses taking note of new fiscal policies that will see taxes and business costs rise, as well as weak economic data prints out of Britain and sticky inflation.Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 10 Jan. 2025
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The streak-free formula with coconut oil and lavender essential oil blend wiped the sticky mess away in less than a minute.Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 9 Jan. 2025
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There’s a fair share of cornball dialogue in Cornelius Uliano and Bryan Schulz’s screenplay, as well as an excess of reassuring schmaltz at the fadeout.Dennis Harvey, Variety, 3 Oct. 2024
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Another scream for this bad, unabashedly cornball line.Evan Minsker, Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2024
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The rustic country club, known for its annual fireworks show, was decimated after more than 100 years.Colleen Shalby, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025
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Inspired by the architecture of the Spanish missions, these types of houses are defined by gracious courtyards, solid white stucco walls, arcaded walkways, and rustic red tile roofs.Lauren Gallow, Architectural Digest, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Corny.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/corny. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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