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Recent Examples of moony
Malinauskas opened the second box, which contained a Bell & Ross Regulateur with a big, moony face and a stainless-steel bezel.
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Susan Orlean, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2019
Yet, Bronson still stood out, with his alternately creepy and moony portrayal of a man biding his time dating Wood’s mother while vying for the younger woman’s attention.
—Carla Meyer, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Feb. 2018
Susan Orlean, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2019
Yet, Bronson still stood out, with his alternately creepy and moony portrayal of a man biding his time dating Wood’s mother while vying for the younger woman’s attention.
—Carla Meyer, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Feb. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for moony
Adjective
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Expansive living areas flow easily from one interior space to the next — and then out to the dreamy backyard.—
David Caraccio,
Sacramento Bee,
8 Feb. 2025
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Set to the dreamy lull of Leon Bridges and his guitar, models including Lucky Blue Smith, Taylor Hill, and Evan Mock sported men’s and women’s looks at the former church-turned-runway.—
Michaela Bechler,
Vogue,
8 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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These recent dual looks incorporate Rae’s more wacky sartorial leanings too: A chaotic hodge podge of nostalgic colors and shapes, with kitschy graphics and accessories.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
7 Feb. 2025
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The crowd-pleaser was seriously nostalgic, packed with references to the original film, such as a cameo from Val Kilmer's Iceman and, yep, that famous beach volleyball scene filled with suntans, sunglasses, and abs for days.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
EW.com,
7 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The opening of the gift was a sentimental moment for more reasons than one.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
People.com,
6 Feb. 2025
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Memories are attached to sentimental objects as the moon and Mercury harmonize!—
USA TODAY,
USA TODAY,
2 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Beyond all the legal and even medical specifics resides a sense of communal understanding, and — at the risk of sounding mawkish — a deep and abiding love for one’s fellow human beings, which Feder taps into with aplomb.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
28 Jan. 2025
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Co-directed with Jewish Israeli filmmaker Yaron Shani, the movie paints a subtle picture of a society split along fissures religious, political, cultural, and economic, without ever chiding his characters or dipping into mawkish sentimentality.—
Scott Roxborough,
The Hollywood Reporter,
20 Sep. 2024
Adjective
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Seemingly unconcerned with pursuing cinematic excellence, Freiburger wraps up the tale in utterly saccharine fashion and avoids engaging with the topic’s more challenging political nuances.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Variety,
24 Jan. 2025
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Celebrities are trading the saccharine styles in for something more masculine, more businesslike: neckties.—
Hannah Jackson,
Vogue,
10 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Bernhardt, who starts with spray paint on upright canvases, then puts them on the floor and adds watery acrylics, which give her work its drippy panache, chalks it up to plain coincidence, though of course there’s nothing plain about what either of them do.—
Nicole Phelps,
Vogue,
5 Feb. 2025
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Known for drippy paintings of words, phrases and geometric shapes, Pendleton will show his new paintings Composition and Movement, as well as a new single-channel video work, Resurrection City Revisited (Who Owns Geometry Anyway?).—
Roger Catlin,
Smithsonian Magazine,
15 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Mulligan, meanwhile, brings her usual guest-star wattage, which shines brightly enough to counterbalance what might otherwise have been just a maudlin tale of lonely men and their music.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
26 Jan. 2025
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High points like these helped keep Better Man in my good graces even as the second half dips into excessively maudlin territory, as Williams wrestles with the strictures of fame.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
14 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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There's no wrong time for buttery, sugary bread, so consider this your invitation to make it for breakfast or a snack today.—
Sarah Martens,
Better Homes & Gardens,
8 Feb. 2025
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But beyond the obvious unhealthy sugary options, do some foods have a negative effect on the body when eaten specifically in the morning?—
Desireé Oostland,
Vogue,
6 Feb. 2025
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“Moony.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moony. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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