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Recent Examples of sappy The work is tender and sweet, yet not at all sappy or cliché—a tricky balance to strike. Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 17 Dec. 2024 Forest floor, dark cherries, cola spice, sappy tannins, and a nod in the direction of cigar humidor linger with hints of sarsaparilla through the long finish. Brian Freedman, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024 And so, some films are not so well reviewed in the U.S. or are too sappy or sentimental and poorly reviewed. Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 3 Dec. 2024 This isn’t sugarcoated, sappy kind of book; the world Korn writes about is real, painful, and has consequences. Ilana Masad, Them, 25 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for sappy 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sappy
Adjective
  • 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
  • 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
Adjective
  • The Couple Next Door The Bottom Line PG-13 partner-swapping upstaged by silly thriller subplots.
    Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Elon Musk is surrounded by almost constant controversy, but the latest scandal to rock the world’s richest man is surely the silliest—Musk is being accused of pretending to be good at video games.
    Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • 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
  • 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
Adjective
  • So ridiculous the referee initially had trouble believing that anyone could be so reckless & stupid.
    The Athletic UK Staff, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
  • And there was no such thing ever as a bad decision or a stupid question.
    Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 4 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • 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
  • In the unreliable reality the older Owen inhabits, his favorite childhood show was in fact silly, sloppy, and decidedly low-stakes.
    Samantha Allen, Them, 14 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • If the young shortstop is truly as good as gone, the Blue Jays would be foolish not to trade him.
    Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
  • While admirable, the plan to resettle the poor was foolish in retrospect as the Low Country soil is sandy and the weather too hot for farming.
    Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 27 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Lies, no matter how absurd, gain traction the more they're repeated.
    Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
  • In yet another absurd Elon Musk news story, it's been revealed that people are betting on how many times the owner of X will post on his platform in a week.
    Jibin Joseph, PCMAG, 15 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Tauruses will go crazy for something chic, functional, and soft to the touch.
    Meghan Rose, Glamour, 9 Feb. 2023
  • Before getting into the chaos of episode 5, that episode 4 cliff hanger was crazy.
    Calie Schepp, EW.com, 6 Feb. 2023

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“Sappy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sappy. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.

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