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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
Unlike the popular new dirty soda trend, which dresses up soft drinks with creamers, fruit purées and syrups, heavy soda is all about maximum sweetness and flavor.
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Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2025
Even their muffins here have fillings, like a blueberry muffin with blueberry syrup in the middle.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2025
When your sugar mixture has reached 240°F, carefully pour a thin stream of syrup into the egg whites, beating on medium speed.
—Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Sep. 2025
The fruity syrup’s return came about two years after it was quietly removed from the menu.
—Erin Clements, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2025
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Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2025
Even their muffins here have fillings, like a blueberry muffin with blueberry syrup in the middle.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2025
When your sugar mixture has reached 240°F, carefully pour a thin stream of syrup into the egg whites, beating on medium speed.
—Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Sep. 2025
The fruity syrup’s return came about two years after it was quietly removed from the menu.
—Erin Clements, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for syrup
Noun
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Walsh and Sherman both recognized Lupino’s superior intellect and resistance to unearned sentimentality.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
25 Sep. 2025
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With a season on life support, there is no place for sentimentality.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
20 Sep. 2025
Noun
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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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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
Noun
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Rather than distracting from the acting, the animation also only enhances the heightened emotions of adolescence.—
James Factora,
Them.,
26 Sep. 2025
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Getting better one day at a time Chang said Kevin was admitted to the CNS Fort Worth clinic in May 2023 in a challenging condition, unable to walk, and struggling to talk and process his emotions.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
26 Sep. 2025
Noun
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At the same time, no one in metal was funnier, more in touch with his own bathos, more post–Spinal Tap, in a sense, than Ozzy, especially in his shambling-paterfamilias incarnation on MTV’s reality show The Osbournes.—
James Parker,
The Atlantic,
12 Sep. 2025
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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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Though the song’s premise has potential to veer into overly-sentimental sappiness, the song’s rich portrayal of key memories keeps it feeling like a vulnerable but respectful tribute.—
Jessica Nicholson,
Billboard,
22 Sep. 2025
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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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“Syrup.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/syrup. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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