Example sentences for: kitschy

How can you use “kitschy” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • To succeed, rock bands now either 1) fake an earnest devotion to kitschy music, or 2) earnestly devote themselves to inauthentic, radio-friendly music.

  • Kitschy prizes--like a book called Songs for Dogs and the People Who Love Them or a pair of underwear with the "Contract With America" printed on them--go to the winners.

  • Expecting kitschy nouveau-lounge, critics are pleased to find a "sublime and subtle beauty" in the heartfelt, rich album from this unlikely pair (David Browne, Entertainment Weekly ). Costello's lyrics are pared-down and unusually taut, and "Bacharach's arrangements for a 24-piece orchestra should make Babyface weep in envy" (Greg Kot, the Chicago Tribune ). Several critics point out that Costello's voice is not quite up to the task presented by Bacharach's complex melodies, but this is deemed only a minor irritation.

  • It’s kitschy and cartoonish, with pink marble, neon lights, and faux-Louis XIV furniture.

  • Critics can't decide whether this fable by An Officer and a Gentleman director Taylor Hackford is good kitschy fun or a "never-never land of movie awfulness" (David Denby, New York ). Praise goes to Al Pacino's frenetic performance as the devil--a Manhattan lawyer--who wants to corrupt his naive junior partner, played by Keanu Reeves.


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