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Recent Examples of corny James Beard Award semifinalist Julio Hernandez launches his latest Nashville venture to long lines and a packed dining room Brad Schmitt Nashville Tennessean 0:00 0:29 Not to be corny, but the new brick-and-mortar Maiz de la Vida is poppin'. Mackensy Lunsford, The Tennessean, 11 Oct. 2024 Colin Macy-O’Toole Photo: Bravo/Zev Schmitz/Bravo Deckhand Below Deck Mediterranean Seasons 3-4 — This down-home mama’s boy was always ready with a smile and a halfway corny rap to cheer up everyone onboard. Brian Moylan, Vulture, 31 Dec. 2024 Chefs, restaurants, and companies are trying to restore the corny glory. Kristen V. Brown, The Atlantic, 23 Dec. 2024 Why is everyone involved in this movie so determined to take such a corny premise seriously? Kirk Honeycutt, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for corny 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for corny
Adjective
  • Their love story adds a sentimental layer that, in competing for narrative space, dilutes this send-up of American imperialism.
    Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Jan. 2025
  • YouTube videos may offer sentimental types and younger curiosity seekers a means to luxuriate in the Old Way of Doing Things, but only a maniac would truly want to go back to that era.
    Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 24 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • The fabric is breathable and lightweight without feeling thin or flimsy and the fit is slightly oversized, which gives it a relaxed and casual look that isn’t sloppy.
    Megan Schaltegger, Travel + Leisure, 27 Jan. 2025
  • In the week leading up to Donald Trump’s inauguration, a brief but sloppy food fight broke out between the Trump team and the outgoing Biden administration over who deserves credit for finalizing a cease-fire deal in the Gaza Strip.
    Noah Rothman, National Review, 24 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • To gain her confidence, Arabella pretends to be Jewish (a hokey contrivance that Shakespeare would have approved of), and Indji shares the story of her banishment.
    Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Cutting a long story short, a vocal minority of reactionary gamers is perturbed that a sci-fi video game features a Black samurai protagonist, despite the game’s hokey premise centering on the genetic recording of memories written to computer software.
    Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • For example, a swamp white oak or bald-cypress tree can handle the sticky, often wet clay soil common in the Chicago region, but a gray birch needs better drainage.
    Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 2 Feb. 2025
  • That may not seem very secure, but sticky stuff is often the best thing for the job.
    David Szondy, New Atlas, 2 Feb. 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
  • The huge central chandelier remains overhead, but the decor has gone from rustic to elegant and the drink menu eschews beer — there are only four available — for craft cocktails, wine, champagne.
    Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 3 Feb. 2025
  • Homes in the Lake Tahoe area tend toward log cabins with rustic flair or modern mountain extravaganzas.
    Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 3 Feb. 2025

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“Corny.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/corny. Accessed 11 Feb. 2025.

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