soppy

Example Sentences

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But he does an excellent job of squaring the fading man before his eyes—the soppy grandparent and proud father—with the “shadowy, mysterious, sometimes frightening, often absent” stock figure from his youth.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025

But she’s also a marriage-minded mercenary who can pitch one potential client on soppy platitudes about till death do you part, and immediately pivot to assuring a bride that it’s just a business deal.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2025

“It sounds incredibly soppy, but, in a sense, I’m conversing with them when I’m working,” Auerbach said.

From New York Times • Apr. 18, 2023

"I spend most Monday evenings in tears and I'm not a particularly soppy person."

From BBC • Dec. 2, 2022

Then the two of them started giving each other those silly little glances and soppy smiles that made us all feel sick.

From "Boy: Tales of a Childhood" by Roald Dahl