sappy
Example Sentences
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Silly but not sappy, “Project Hail Mary” doesn’t gin up much suspense over whether anything bad will happen.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026
He suggested the central pair's friendship "rings false", adding: "What should be piercing, impassioned moments are by turns frivolous and sappy."
From BBC • Nov. 19, 2025
Just like in documentary short, history has proven the animated short award to favor crowd-pleasing films, and this delightfully immature French film about kissing is sappy enough to score the votes.
From Salon • Feb. 28, 2025
They’re sappy and maudlin, aiming to reduce the audience to a puddle of tears.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 4, 2024
She didn’t seem to care and started singing again: “Happy, happy, happy, clap your feet, Happy, sappy, pappy, blow your nose, Biddy-boddy-bowdee, jump and jump.”
From "Out of My Mind" by Sharon M. Draper
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