Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overnice
Adjective
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Gunawan’s designs include a bevy of couture and ready-to-wear pieces for women, each intricately crafted with feminine touches and details at the fore.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
5 Nov. 2025 -
Still, both Kimberly-Clark and Kenvue make name-brand products in segments where consumers are less likely to shift to store brands, including hair care, skin care, feminine products and mouth care, according to Circana.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
4 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Albee's 1962 play won a Tony Award, and would have also won a Pulitzer Prize for drama, if the prissy trustees of Columbia University hadn't overruled the jury.—
Jim Higgins,
Journal Sentinel,
24 Jan. 2023
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Some of that’s changing times, some of that is because a not-insignificant portion of W.A.S.P. fans are prissy suburbanites themselves.—
Andy O'Connor,
SPIN,
13 Jan. 2023
Adjective
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The British designer made a stealthy comeback in 2023 with a namesake label hinged on her brand of modern minimalism, womanly allure and uncompromising quality.—
WWD Staff,
Footwear News,
10 Sep. 2025
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McQuarrie’s feats lack the comic timing, composition, and emotionalism that cartoonist-director Brad Bird brought to the thrilling Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol (Ethan/Tom spider-walking the Burj Khalifa skyscraper and outrunning a dust storm, Paula Patton’s womanly catfight with Léa Seydoux).—
Armond White,
National Review,
23 May 2025
Adjective
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Ekouaer Satin Long-Sleeve Button Down Pajama Set These pink and red pajamas have an adorable bow pattern that’s girly, cheery, and fitting for the season of gifting.—
Alyssa Grabinski,
PEOPLE,
2 Nov. 2025
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As sublime as countertop donuts and as nourishing as a rack of girlie magazines, Clerks is a terrific movie gorge.—
Duane Byrge,
HollywoodReporter,
19 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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As mainstream culture embraces girlish femininity alongside an ahistoric raw-milked nostalgia for a trad past, the sheep becomes a totem of the submissive, sacrificial role for women and girls in a new gender landscape.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
30 Oct. 2025
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With her girlish grin and short blonde hair, Rebecca looked ten years old.—
Joni Eareckson Tada,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Overnice.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overnice. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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