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also sirup
as in sentimentality
the state or quality of having an excess of tender feelings (as of love, nostalgia, or compassion)
a television show for toddlers that is nothing more than pure syrup
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Recent Examples of syrup
Starbucks last month also changed how its charges for drink add-ons like syrups and match powder, charging a flat fee of 80 cents for any combination of sauces and syrups, including additional pumps.
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Alain Sherter, CBS News, 14 July 2025
Cam Hamlin, bartender at Blue Door Drink recommendation: The Clover Club, The Paper Plane
Inside scoop: The Clover Club is a simple cocktail composed of gin, fresh lemon juice, raspberry syrup and frothy egg white foam.
—Charlotte Observer, 9 July 2025
Creamy semolina custard wrapped in filo, baked and drizzled with honey syrup.
—Kaycee Sloan, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Then the juice is cooked again, reducing it to a syrup, and its flowery, caramel-like smell pervades the camp.
—Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2025
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Alain Sherter, CBS News, 14 July 2025
Cam Hamlin, bartender at Blue Door Drink recommendation: The Clover Club, The Paper Plane
Inside scoop: The Clover Club is a simple cocktail composed of gin, fresh lemon juice, raspberry syrup and frothy egg white foam.
—Charlotte Observer, 9 July 2025
Creamy semolina custard wrapped in filo, baked and drizzled with honey syrup.
—Kaycee Sloan, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Then the juice is cooked again, reducing it to a syrup, and its flowery, caramel-like smell pervades the camp.
—Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for syrup
Noun
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Alex Foxworth Alex Foxworth, originally from Greensboro, N.C., infuses her designs with sentimentality and appreciation for her family lineage.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
27 July 2025
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Private equity moving into professional sports conjures the same fears of merciless efficiency in an industry driven by sentimentality, but Arougheti brushes off the concerns, arguing that institutional capital will increase profitability and allow owners to invest more in their teams.—
Leo Schwartz,
Fortune,
21 July 2025
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McBride is less interested in exploring another motivation for saving locks of hair: the particular sentimentalism that made people cherish the hair of loved ones, especially those who had died, or of honored forebears.—
Margaret Talbot,
New Yorker,
21 July 2025
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While leaders of the nature-study movement warned against sentimentalism and make-believe, young readers were delighted by such tales.—
Jessica George,
JSTOR Daily,
25 June 2025
Noun
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The second season hits Aug. 21, and a new Comic-Con trailer gave us a look at the show's humor, insanity and, yes, even some emotion – all set to a lot of catchy sleaze metal.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
28 July 2025
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In showcasing everything from Norman Rockwell to Charles Schulz, Lucas’s idea is to tap into human emotions/connections in response to this visual storytelling.—
Tiffany Leigh,
Forbes.com,
28 July 2025
Noun
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Elsewhere, a black granite sarcophagus is meant to be an homage to AIDS victims; this, too, empties into bathos.—
Jerry Saltz,
Vulture,
14 June 2024
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Playing with comic bathos is a dangerous game when aiming for sincerity.—
David Benedict,
Variety,
12 Sep. 2024
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The whole thing strikes a less successful balance between Gunn's dark comic side and his inherent sappiness than The Suicide Squad, the best Guardians of the Galaxy movie to not actually feature the Guardians of the Galaxy.—
A.A. Dowd,
Chron,
28 Apr. 2023
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The playful tone, however, oscillates between self-referential nods to the incongruity of people suddenly bursting into song and holiday-movie sentimentality, when either a more bare-knuckled commitment to satire or an unabashed embrace of its sappiness would be in order.—
Brian Lowry,
CNN,
17 Nov. 2022
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“Syrup.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/syrup. Accessed 3 Aug. 2025.
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