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also sirup
as in sentimentality
the state or quality of having an excess of tender feelings (as of love, nostalgia, or compassion)
a television show for toddlers that is nothing more than pure syrup
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Recent Examples of syrup
The Hot To Go contains Jameson Irish Whiskey, cinnamon syrup, bitters and candy hearts.
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Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Jan. 2025
Lemon slices for garnish Ice cubes Instructions: In a shaker, mix lemon juice and honey/agave syrup.
—Matt Rozo, The Mercury News, 27 Jan. 2025
The dough is boiled in agave syrup, which Orozco said adds a layer of sweetness.
—Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Feb. 2025
The Oreo Shamrock McFlurry, made with vanilla soft-serve, minty green syrup and Oreo cookie pieces, will also be on the menu.
—Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2025
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Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Jan. 2025
Lemon slices for garnish Ice cubes Instructions: In a shaker, mix lemon juice and honey/agave syrup.
—Matt Rozo, The Mercury News, 27 Jan. 2025
The dough is boiled in agave syrup, which Orozco said adds a layer of sweetness.
—Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Feb. 2025
The Oreo Shamrock McFlurry, made with vanilla soft-serve, minty green syrup and Oreo cookie pieces, will also be on the menu.
—Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for syrup
Noun
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The film doesn’t resort to any cliche or sentimentality.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
5 Feb. 2025
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Constable’s artistic attraction to nature was imbued with sentimentality.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
3 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The moment when Sean soothes Laszlo’s fears of losing his best human buddy by telling him that the fear of dying just makes every living moment more special — something else a centuries-old vampire wouldn’t understand — tiptoes right up to the edge of sentimentalism.—
Katie Rife,
Vulture,
19 Nov. 2024
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King’s honeyed voiceover begins the film with a kind of sentimentalism about childhood and its innocence.—
Lisa Kennedy,
Variety,
4 July 2024
Noun
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Frustration: Taylor Swift and her famous friends displayed every emotion.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA TODAY,
10 Feb. 2025
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Their stories reflect a jumble of emotions that catastrophe inevitably leaves in its wake.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Elsewhere, a black granite sarcophagus is meant to be an homage to AIDS victims; this, too, empties into bathos.—
Jerry Saltz,
Vulture,
14 June 2024
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Playing with comic bathos is a dangerous game when aiming for sincerity.—
David Benedict,
Variety,
12 Sep. 2024
Noun
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The whole thing strikes a less successful balance between Gunn's dark comic side and his inherent sappiness than The Suicide Squad, the best Guardians of the Galaxy movie to not actually feature the Guardians of the Galaxy.—
A.A. Dowd,
Chron,
28 Apr. 2023
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The playful tone, however, oscillates between self-referential nods to the incongruity of people suddenly bursting into song and holiday-movie sentimentality, when either a more bare-knuckled commitment to satire or an unabashed embrace of its sappiness would be in order.—
Brian Lowry,
CNN,
17 Nov. 2022
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“Syrup.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/syrup. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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