Example Sentences

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It’s a lively, feel-good romp with plenty of irreverent humor, though the narrative borders on hagiography, and its core message about embracing male vulnerability is labored to the point of soppiness.

From New York Times • Jun. 21, 2023

And the ending, in which Stone ponders what he learned from Lansky — “We measure ourselves through the eyes of the ones we love” — is a baffling detour into soppiness.

From New York Times • Jun. 24, 2021

Gossip from the Forest by Sara Maitland looks to be a delightful mix of nature and magic, with no soppiness.

From The Guardian • Jul. 14, 2013

His argument, Wodehouse declared, was that “the soppiness and overenthusiasm of modern literary criticism is due to the fact that critics are now clean shaven instead of wearing full-size whiskers.”

From New York Times • Jan. 30, 2013

I like this word besotted, suggestive as it is of sogginess, soppiness, flies drunk on syrup.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood