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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
Try the Banana Stand, which comes with Captain Morgan Spiced Rum, banana liqueur, lime and demerara syrup ($18 with cup).
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Jonathan Shikes, Denver Post, 6 Aug. 2025
Stocked in the front are many necessary pantry items: olive oils, vinegars, syrups, spices, nuts, rice, pastas, pulses.
—Nancy Vienneau, Southern Living, 3 Aug. 2025
Andreas, desperate to find an outlet for the surplus, now began building facilities to perform the alchemy of converting surplus corn into high fructose syrup.
—Stephen Mihm, Twin Cities, 3 Aug. 2025
Add water, sugar, and lemongrass to a saucepan and cook until the mixture thickens to a syrup.
—Sherri Gordon, Health, 31 July 2025
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Jonathan Shikes, Denver Post, 6 Aug. 2025
Stocked in the front are many necessary pantry items: olive oils, vinegars, syrups, spices, nuts, rice, pastas, pulses.
—Nancy Vienneau, Southern Living, 3 Aug. 2025
Andreas, desperate to find an outlet for the surplus, now began building facilities to perform the alchemy of converting surplus corn into high fructose syrup.
—Stephen Mihm, Twin Cities, 3 Aug. 2025
Add water, sugar, and lemongrass to a saucepan and cook until the mixture thickens to a syrup.
—Sherri Gordon, Health, 31 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for syrup
Recent Examples of Synonyms for syrup
Noun
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Yet, Marshall seems unwilling to let go of that genial sentimentality.—
Tom Gliatto,
People.com,
9 Aug. 2025
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That appears to be the point, a Lynchian spin on Hallmark-card sentimentality.—
Matthew Schnipper,
Vulture,
31 July 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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The genre-bending rapper, who has long been revered for blending vulnerability and raw emotion into his music, is now offering an unflinching account of the mental health battles and drug addiction that nearly cost him his life—even at the height of his fame.—
Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Once Venus enters Leo, there will be greater emphasis on your roots, emotions and home life.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
7 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Elsewhere, a black granite sarcophagus is meant to be an homage to AIDS victims; this, too, empties into bathos.—
Jerry Saltz,
Vulture,
14 June 2024
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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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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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The playful tone, however, oscillates between self-referential nods to the incongruity of people suddenly bursting into song and holiday-movie sentimentality, when either a more bare-knuckled commitment to satire or an unabashed embrace of its sappiness would be in order.—
Brian Lowry,
CNN,
17 Nov. 2022
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“Syrup.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/syrup. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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