Example Sentences

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When Bourne clarifies his story line, the production turns melodramatic, cheesily so on occasion.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 1, 2024

“He was a cheesily handsome, extremely successful singer-songwriter,” she says, “who specialized in cloying pop music and was known for dating models in their early twenties.”

From Washington Post • Mar. 28, 2023

The most you get is instructors in some classes going over how the iSelect dumbbells work while cheesily plugging the Alexa functionality.

From The Verge • Apr. 13, 2022

She cheesily attempted to brand the disruptions as “getting Loomered,” which seemed tautological: She was doing these things to herself.

From Slate • Aug. 19, 2020

Mena urged the instrumental lines out above the noise of stamping feet – including the most cheesily glorious, slidey trombone solo imaginable.

From The Guardian • Jul. 26, 2013