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Recent Examples of corny Minimalist sneakers that cost $1,000 are inherently corny. Saajan Jogia, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 June 2025 The overly dramatic music cues are corny, and the cast’s accents are all over the place. Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 19 June 2025 Some dads love to grill, others prefer playing golf—but most dads have one thing in common: an innate love of corny jokes. Jamie Fischer, Parents, 11 June 2025 Each bus has a pair of hosts, whose badinage is corny but crowd-pleasing. Patricia Marx, New Yorker, 5 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for corny
Recent Examples of Synonyms for corny
Adjective
  • Bottom line: If the fabric is fussy, valuable, or sentimental, let the experts handle it.
    Alexandra Emanuelli, Southern Living, 28 July 2025
  • Romance feels more sentimental now, and even platonic relationships take on a more nurturing tone.
    Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 27 July 2025
Adjective
  • But instead of looking shapeless or sloppy, Klum proves this formula can be quite modern and stylish when done with classic basics like a white shirt and jeans.
    Emma Mehl, Glamour, 23 July 2025
  • His hair’s not looking all sloppy in the morning anymore.
    Alyssa Cooper July 8, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 July 2025
Adjective
  • The analogy might be hokey, but the sentiment makes some sense.
    Sean Hammond, Chicago Tribune, 16 July 2025
  • Reusing the John Williams music from Richard Donner’s 1978 film felt a little hokey as well.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
Adjective
  • The underside of the stones is bonded to the sticky asphalt cement.
    Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 2 Aug. 2025
  • The motivation behind the trend is understandable—no one wants sticky detergent dripping all over their hands or laundry room.
    Kendall Bettle, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • There’s a fair share of cornball dialogue in Cornelius Uliano and Bryan Schulz’s screenplay, as well as an excess of reassuring schmaltz at the fadeout.
    Dennis Harvey, Variety, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Another scream for this bad, unabashedly cornball line.
    Evan Minsker, Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2024
Adjective
  • Amazon has offered me a glimmer of hope with its selection of customizable tiny houses from modern designs to rustic, cabin options that are less than $12,000.
    Rylee Johnston, People.com, 3 Aug. 2025
  • Of the three rustic lodges built at Zion, Bryce Canyon and the North Rim to accomplish that purpose, the Grand Canyon Lodge was the most important and the most historically intact.
    Joanna Allhands, AZCentral.com, 2 Aug. 2025

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“Corny.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/corny. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.

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