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
  • Laura Burdese, deputy CEO, Bulgari A bubbly personality and sparkling energy coupled with sharp business acumen define Burdese, who makes a case of the (too) few women executives sitting at the top of international luxury companies.
    WWD Staff, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Bake in preheated oven until cheese is melted and mixture is bubbly, about 10 minutes.
    Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Let stand for 1 or 2 minutes; skim off any foamy impurities with a tablespoon.
    Faye Levy, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The indifference extended even to Bubs, foamy, marshmallow-adjacent disks from Sweden that surged on TikTok last year, causing a global shortage.
    Hannah Goldfield, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Its sparkling white walls resemble the membrane of a high-tech pod and futuristic techno beats echo around them.
    Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • 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
Adjective
  • This is welcome news for a system plagued by various exogenous shocks — including COVID and related frothy valuations, high interest rates and the 2022 market correction, the US electoral cycle, and tariff uncertainty — that have resulted in wide bid-ask spreads repressing deal activity.
    Control Risks, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Written by Lin, Crew Girl is described as a frothy, coming-of-age teen drama about a 16-year-old female rower Teagan (Miku Martineau) who becomes the coxswain of a dysfunctional all-boys rowing team at an elite East Coast Prep School.
    Denise Petski, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2025

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“Sudsy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sudsy. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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