Example Sentences

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Hart hates that exclamation point, the show’s sincerity, its corniness.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025

"For all its formulaic superficial corniness, I'm In The Mood For Dancing is a definite uplifting shiny-minded pop song," music journalist Paul Morley told BBC News.

From BBC • Jan. 15, 2025

His corniness worked when “Thrift Shop,” his megahit with Ryan Lewis, put them on the global map in 2012.

From Salon • May 8, 2024

It was Jake who leaned into the corniness of it all, adding a “hot dog” sales counter to the market’s website and branding the meal as “world famous.”

From Seattle Times • Dec. 3, 2023

At that point the only crime Stargirl could have been accused of would be corniness.

From "Stargirl" by Jerry Spinelli