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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
Pour the syrup from the pan into the jars to cover the jalapeños and come within 1/2 inch of the top of the jar.
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Cathy Thomas, Oc Register, 29 Sep. 2025
Pour vodka, liqueur, and 1 tablespoon cinnamon syrup into a cocktail shaker with ice.
—Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
Their coffee beans are roasted in-house and all drink syrups are homemade.
—Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Sep. 2025
The beverage offerings are just as well played, leaning on crafty interpretations such as the Negroni à la Ford (Del Maguey Vida mezcal and ancho chile liqueur) or the Kill Dill (Gin Mare, dill syrup, Fresno pepper and egg white).
—Melinda Sheckells, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
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Cathy Thomas, Oc Register, 29 Sep. 2025
Pour vodka, liqueur, and 1 tablespoon cinnamon syrup into a cocktail shaker with ice.
—Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
Their coffee beans are roasted in-house and all drink syrups are homemade.
—Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Sep. 2025
The beverage offerings are just as well played, leaning on crafty interpretations such as the Negroni à la Ford (Del Maguey Vida mezcal and ancho chile liqueur) or the Kill Dill (Gin Mare, dill syrup, Fresno pepper and egg white).
—Melinda Sheckells, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for syrup
Noun
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Raven is ever attentive to the imaging of the West as a kind of battleground, where surveillance (and the camera’s inexorable links to the military apparatus) tussles with sentimentality in a centuries-long project from which the national psyche cannot seem to unlatch.—
Anne Reeve,
Artforum,
1 Oct. 2025
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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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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
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Swift’s 149-show, five-continent expedition encapsulated a tsunami of emotions not just among her fans, but her own journey through a very public breakup, a fling and, as indicated by her engagement to Kelce, knee-buckling love.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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Each verse is a heartfelt exploration of sorrow, capturing the complexity of human emotions in the face of separation.—
Tere Aguilera,
Billboard,
3 Oct. 2025
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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 6 Oct. 2025.
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