treacle

Example Sentences

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But the lime changes things, adding sour to the sweet, tart to the treacle and a dash of pucker to the saccharine.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 28, 2023

“Flamin’ Hot” is the type of feel-good treacle that high school teachers screened for their Mexican American students when I was coming of age in the 1990s to make us feel better about ourselves.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 13, 2023

In a way, the show is quirkily counterintuitive, turning a quintessentially British activity, such as making treacle tarts, into an excuse for Broadway-style song and dance.

From Washington Post • Apr. 20, 2023

The music from the artists featured here is fine indeed, but the actual movie’s underscore, credited to an entity called “Scorebuzz,” is unmitigated treacle.

From New York Times • Feb. 7, 2023

Harry was going to ask Ron if he’d had any of the treacle tart, but he fell asleep almost at once.

From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling