as in bubbly
covered with, consisting of, or resembling foam came out of the bathroom with her hair all sudsy because someone had turned off the water

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Recent Examples of sudsy These once-unknowns got their feet wet on sudsy soaps. Ew Staff Published, EW.com, 1 Mar. 2025 That may mean teaming up with the Lifetime cable network to produce a 15-minute vignette that has all the hallmarks of one of the outlet’s sudsy romance movies, yet is meant to promote visits to the Chili’s restaurant chain and trying its signature margaritas. Brian Steinberg, Variety, 24 Feb. 2025 Plastic cups sloshing with sudsy golden lagers and pale pink rum punch glide to tables crowded with friends. Bradley Hohulin, The Indianapolis Star, 29 July 2024 In an attempt to buck traditional stereotypes, some couples will have photos of themselves eating pizza in elevators, taking a sudsy bath on their wedding morning, or jumping on the bed with their bridal parties. Rebecca Jennings, Vox, 1 July 2024 See All Example Sentences for sudsy
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Adjective
  • Set in the early 1990s, this nostalgic coming-of-age C-drama follows a bubbly girl and a brooding boy who grow up together and try to navigate life and love across time and change.
    EW.com, EW.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Bake uncovered for 25 to 30 minutes, until the cheese melts and the casserole is bubbly.
    Robin Miller, AZCentral.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Their findings, published in Physics of Fluids, suggest that in the future, drinkers may be able to admire a perfectly foamy head for longer before enjoying their first sip.
    Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Offshore, cays drift in dreamy isolation—their edges kissed by foamy surf and dotted with nesting Brown Pelicans.
    Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Oud Zarian opens with a bright, sparkling lift of bergamot and ginger that sets an unexpectedly fresh stage for such a weighty central ingredient.
    Adam Hurly, Robb Report, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Although the tall, slim, and elegant shape is appealing, that Champagne flute isn’t doing your spectacular sparkling wine any favors.
    Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Despite something of a false opening promise, Last Rites is appropriately terrifying, far more successful on a scare-by-scare basis than the second or third films and a really frothy return to the aesthetic pleasures of Wan’s first Conjuring.
    Gregory Nussen, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Many frothy business models that depended on easy credit—BNPL foremost among them—suffered as capital became costlier.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 2 Sep. 2025

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“Sudsy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sudsy. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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