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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
This drink has vanilla chai and raspberry syrup.
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Paige Moore, AZCentral.com, 31 Mar. 2026
Maple tree harvesting season is short, and tapping trees for syrup typically ends in April.
—Caden Perry, jsonline.com, 31 Mar. 2026
When syrup is cool, strain mixture and transfer syrup to a jar.
—C.w. Cameron, AJC.com, 29 Mar. 2026
Readers could buy their own sporks by sending one dollar and two syrup labels to the Karo Syrup Company.
—James Stout, Outside, 29 Mar. 2026
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Paige Moore, AZCentral.com, 31 Mar. 2026
Maple tree harvesting season is short, and tapping trees for syrup typically ends in April.
—Caden Perry, jsonline.com, 31 Mar. 2026
When syrup is cool, strain mixture and transfer syrup to a jar.
—C.w. Cameron, AJC.com, 29 Mar. 2026
Readers could buy their own sporks by sending one dollar and two syrup labels to the Karo Syrup Company.
—James Stout, Outside, 29 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for syrup
Noun
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And underlying them all is an unexpectedly sincere exploration of what true love can or should feel like, pitched right on the knife’s edge between sentimentality and cynicism.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
26 Mar. 2026
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That sentimentality makes all this nastiness more satisfying.—
Eric Vilas-Boas,
Vulture,
18 Mar. 2026
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The Academy historically goes for sentimentalism.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
4 Oct. 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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“Syrup.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/syrup. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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