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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
The syrup has been sold in stores nationwide and online.
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Annabelle Canela, Parents, 20 June 2025
In a shaker tin, muddle 6 of the raspberries, then add the honey syrup, lemon juice, and vodka.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 18 June 2025
Pair it with tickling cocktails, from the Roots + Seeds Gin and Tonic to Kitchen Garden Chilli Margaritas (made with homemade chili syrup).
—Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 8 June 2025
The sweet sip combines blonde espresso with horchata syrup — a mix of cinnamon, vanilla and rice flavors — which are then shaken with ice and topped off with oat milk.
—Erin Clements, People.com, 27 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for syrup
Annabelle Canela, Parents, 20 June 2025
In a shaker tin, muddle 6 of the raspberries, then add the honey syrup, lemon juice, and vodka.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 18 June 2025
Pair it with tickling cocktails, from the Roots + Seeds Gin and Tonic to Kitchen Garden Chilli Margaritas (made with homemade chili syrup).
—Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 8 June 2025
The sweet sip combines blonde espresso with horchata syrup — a mix of cinnamon, vanilla and rice flavors — which are then shaken with ice and topped off with oat milk.
—Erin Clements, People.com, 27 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for syrup
Noun
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De Niro received an Oscar nomination for his unforgettable performance, and Williams brings a gentle humanism to a role that could have easily slipped into sentimentality.—
Travis Bean,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2025
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Woody the sheriff and Buzz Lightyear will be back, sparking up our hearts with more fun for Fire signs who love adventure, Earth signs who appreciate the sentimentality, Air signs who laugh at the banter and Water signs who believe in fantasy.—
Lisa Stardust,
People.com,
18 June 2025
Noun
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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
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The moment when Sean soothes Laszlo’s fears of losing his best human buddy by telling him that the fear of dying just makes every living moment more special — something else a centuries-old vampire wouldn’t understand — tiptoes right up to the edge of sentimentalism.—
Katie Rife,
Vulture,
19 Nov. 2024
Noun
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Pay attention to their body language, tone of voice, and underlying emotions.—
Heather V. MacArthur,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2025
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Venus retrograde moving into your sign on the 27th may bring past connections or unresolved emotions back into focus.—
Meghan Rose,
Glamour,
1 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 11 Jul. 2025.
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