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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
The shop also offers a full vegan crepe menu; a small pastry case featuring homemade tea cakes, cookies and scones; an espresso bar with homemade syrups; and a cocktail menu.
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Natalie Wallington, Kansas City Star, 2 Jan. 2025
And Some Mini-Trends Freezer martinis, rooh afza (an herbal and rose-scented cooling red syrup) and yuzu’s more complex sibling sudachi will show up in many a glass.
—Kim Severson, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
It's concocted with a housemade pecan bourbon that sets this drink apart from similar libations, and also features bitters and maple orange syrup.
—Megan Stringer, Axios, 23 Dec. 2024
The gin is smooth, and the other ingredients — honey syrup, chartreuse, and Champagne acid — complement it perfectly.
—Tomeka Jones, Travel + Leisure, 29 Dec. 2024
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Natalie Wallington, Kansas City Star, 2 Jan. 2025
And Some Mini-Trends Freezer martinis, rooh afza (an herbal and rose-scented cooling red syrup) and yuzu’s more complex sibling sudachi will show up in many a glass.
—Kim Severson, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
It's concocted with a housemade pecan bourbon that sets this drink apart from similar libations, and also features bitters and maple orange syrup.
—Megan Stringer, Axios, 23 Dec. 2024
The gin is smooth, and the other ingredients — honey syrup, chartreuse, and Champagne acid — complement it perfectly.
—Tomeka Jones, Travel + Leisure, 29 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for syrup
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But sentimentality suits Flanagan, whose florid writing style is well matched by the high-concept ideas explored here.Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 1 Jan. 2025
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Short-term commitments superseded sentimentality, turning two homegrown cornerstones into opponents while thrusting a team into overhaul.Chandler Rome, The Athletic, 21 Dec. 2024
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The moment when Sean soothes Laszlo’s fears of losing his best human buddy by telling him that the fear of dying just makes every living moment more special — something else a centuries-old vampire wouldn’t understand — tiptoes right up to the edge of sentimentalism.Katie Rife, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024
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King’s honeyed voiceover begins the film with a kind of sentimentalism about childhood and its innocence.Lisa Kennedy, Variety, 4 July 2024
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Alas, without existing in the room, the artist managed to provoke emotion and spur a conversation about aesthetics.Monisha Ravisetti, Space.com, 4 Jan. 2025
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Although Steve rarely shows emotion, Cashman calls him after games, fields his questions about Sam Darnold’s play and Flores’ game plan, and feels how much his father is enjoying this.Alec Lewis, The Athletic, 4 Jan. 2025
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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 18 Jan. 2025.
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