sappy

Example Sentences

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If Mom was going to get all sappy right here in front of Mr. Reardon, Jonah wouldn’t be able to take it.

From Literature

The only woman he ever loved, according to the sappy anniversary speech he gives every year.

From Literature

“I’m not mean. Really. Come back,” that soft, sappy part of me wanted to say.

From Literature

He’d seen plenty of polar bear cubs from inside his parents’ tundra buggy, but never one this close-up, and suddenly he was cooing like the sappiest tourist.

From Literature

Even the most sappy, predictable Christmas movies have an emotional tether.

From Salon