as in sentimental
appealing to the emotions in an obvious and tiresome way
writes sugary lyrics for singers of country music
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Recent Examples of sugary
Elementary school students spent more time in front of the TV than in school, viewing thousands of commercials for sugary cereals, candies and fast foods every year.
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Alice Callahan, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
How diet and sugary beverages affect the liver The study followed nearly 124,000 people without liver disease participating in the UK Biobank, a large biomedical research study that follows people in the United Kingdom.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2025
The flan trembled on its plate, oozing a sugary puddle.
—Catherine Lacey, New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2025
The animals had to figure out which of two water spouts provided a sugary drink.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 30 Sep. 2025
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Alice Callahan, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
How diet and sugary beverages affect the liver The study followed nearly 124,000 people without liver disease participating in the UK Biobank, a large biomedical research study that follows people in the United Kingdom.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2025
The flan trembled on its plate, oozing a sugary puddle.
—Catherine Lacey, New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2025
The animals had to figure out which of two water spouts provided a sugary drink.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 30 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sugary
Adjective
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Her voice unleashes a sentimental whirlpool of longing, betrayal, and post-breakup rage without a hint of irony.—
Ernesto Lechner,
Rolling Stone,
27 Oct. 2025
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At the time, the New York Giants star posted a sentimental social media tribute in honor of the occasion.—
Nicholas Rice,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The Cabana’s greasy floor was sticky under her bare feet.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
PEOPLE,
24 Oct. 2025
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The fruit flies are attracted to them and get stuck on the sticky glue.—
Emma Ashe,
Southern Living,
24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Skin-tight is out, baggy is in, and these buttery-soft pieces prove that comfort doesn’t have to equal sloppy.—
Katie Ann Lehman,
StyleCaster,
24 Oct. 2025
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These records aren’t sloppy mistakes—they’re the default behavior of most agentic AI systems.—
Keivan Navaie,
IEEE Spectrum,
22 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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But the duo eventually decided to move back to Shanghai to realize their creative vision — building a fantasy of a strong female character with a penchant for saccharine dresses.—
Denni Hu,
Footwear News,
9 Oct. 2025
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The sweetness was subtle, not saccharine.—
Aisha Muharrar,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Sugary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sugary. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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