spoony

Example Sentences

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Foolish people may have been called spoony because, like the bowl of a spoon, they are shallow and lack depth.

From The Guardian • Aug. 19, 2019

Do not make such a show of your devotion, man; don't be so spoony.

From Froth by Palacio Vald?s, Armando

"You called me a spoony," he said through his set teeth.

From Alec Forbes of Howglen by MacDonald, George

They were, however, known in Parliament in their early days as "young gentlemen who wore white waistcoats and wrote spoony poetry."

From Queen Victoria by Browne, E. Gordon

So that night is devoted to the bustle and confusion of packing up; and various spoony couples moon about the decks, renewing promises and vows in expectation of their parting on the morrow.

From Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) or Settler and Maori in Northern New Zealand by Hay, William Delisle