twee

Example Sentences

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Here’s the truth: Twee conventions and dusty formality are never charming and never were.

From Slate • Mar. 22, 2015

And Marc Spitz, author of the recently released book Twee, sees what she means.

From Time • Jul. 17, 2014

Twee cartoons of the London skyline adorn packets of biscuits.

From The Guardian • Jun. 16, 2014

Bronx-bred director Amy Heckerling turned Crowe’s script into a teen comic and a Twee milestone that would inform every other teen film that came later, from “Risky Business” to the John Hughes oeuvre.

From Salon • Jun. 15, 2014

Every fiddler, he had a fine fiddle, And a very fine fiddle had he; Twee tweedle dee, tweedle dee, went the fiddlers.

From Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes by Clippinger, Erle Elsworth