How do you use Sappy in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like cockamamie or goofy, plus the exact meaning.
Sappy in a sentence
Sappy meaning
- Excessively sweet, emotional, nostalgic; cheesy; mushy. (British equivalent: soppy)
- Having (a particularly large amount of) sap.
- Juicy.
Using Sappy
- The main meaning on this page is: Excessively sweet, emotional, nostalgic; cheesy; mushy. (British equivalent: soppy) | Having (a particularly large amount of) sap. | Juicy.
- Useful related words include: cockamamie, cockamamy, goofy, silly.
- In the example corpus, sappy often appears in combinations such as: the sappy, too sappy, sappy so.
Context around Sappy
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 12 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Sappy
- In this selection, "sappy" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, too, little, predictably, something, harris and christmas stand out and add context to how "sappy" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a little sappy but it and and predictably sappy about it. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "sappy" sits close to words such as aar, abdulla and abimbola, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with sappy
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
That's not sappy that's farking depressing. (8 words)
It’s a little sappy but it’s true,” said Lott. (11 words)
Summed up, it was Sappy and the Blob pile on Grouchy. (11 words)
Not to get too sappy so early, but that kind of stuff that really does make the world go round, and living in this society of technology and robots and now virtual reality… I think it straddles the line sometimes, with being a little much. (45 words)
Her beginning as a supporting character to her eventual expansion as the franchise's star allows for a solid anchoring of the series in real and honest emotional stakes without being sappy, something that's unusual for a long-running horror franchise. (42 words)
Of course, nearly eight weeks into my stay in the 314-square-foot Casita No. 4151 at the Coronado Springs Resort, I am getting nostalgic and predictably sappy about it all — even the tough stuff. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
And if the nickname her husband calls her isn’t too sappy, his family will just join in and use the same one.
Her beginning as a supporting character to her eventual expansion as the franchise's star allows for a solid anchoring of the series in real and honest emotional stakes without being sappy, something that's unusual for a long-running horror franchise.
It’s a little sappy but it’s true,” said Lott.
Paul Simon has always been an incredible songwriter, and part of what made him such a treasured talent was his ability to navigate complex emotions and love without getting too sappy.
Summed up, it was Sappy and the Blob pile on Grouchy.
The sappy Harris won the visuals; the grouchy Trump likely the issues.
And I would watch any of those over most of the Hallmark Channel's and Lifetime's sappy Christmas movies any day.
Don Newbury I’ve always been a sucker for the sappy, plot-easily-followed kind of “flick” that ends happily.
Netflix also threw together a bunch of sappy, YA rom-coms prior to 2020, so my guess is that people will be tired of that genre.
Nor did he want it to be “sappy, like a ‘We are the World’ kind of thing,” he said.
Of course, nearly eight weeks into my stay in the 314-square-foot Casita No. 4151 at the Coronado Springs Resort, I am getting nostalgic and predictably sappy about it all — even the tough stuff.
StatelyGreekAutomatonI'm a sucker for the use of the sappy tag.
That's not sappy that's farking depressing.
Overall, it makes for a very good sappy fest, but not an inspirational anime.
Director David Gordon Green stages the drama in a way that it isn’t overly sappy or puts the viewer in a position where they feel the drama is oversaturated.
His death has unleashed a monsoon of sappy essays reminiscing about the good ol' days of the GOP.
I wouldn’t bring it up every week if I didn’t think he could be a high level player without the sappy gimmick.
Lyrically, the songs of “Souvlaki” take on romance but not the sappy kind of romance you would think of.
Not to get too sappy so early, but that kind of stuff that really does make the world go round, and living in this society of technology and robots and now virtual reality… I think it straddles the line sometimes, with being a little much.
Not to mention a sappy ending that actually comes close to contradicting its own premise.
Common combinations with sappy
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the sappy 5×
- too sappy 4×
- sappy so 2×
- of sappy 2×
- sappy or 2×