Example Sentences

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Stokes sweetly croons, “And I, I think I love you / and I think that I loved you the whole time,” stretching out vowels but not giving a hint of sappiness.

From Washington Post • Jan. 11, 2022

Pop music had so thoroughly prepared me to discover that my militant sappiness had been an infantile fantasy that I entered adulthood in a state of terror.

From The Guardian • Mar. 5, 2020

The gesture backfired, underlining the sappiness of the play’s conclusion.

From New York Times • Dec. 12, 2018

Today, there may be a waning interest in the sound of the violin, which many people used to consider sweet but now associate with sappiness and headaches.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 10, 2015

That is not a nice way, but when you see you are going to lose a thing on account of sappiness, that will sometimes work.

From Northern Nut Growers Association, Report Of The Proceedings At The Tenth Annual Meeting. Battle Creek, Michigan, December 9 and 10, 1919 by Northern Nut Growers Association