Words similar to soap

Example sentences for: soap

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

Getting back to strong language, the writer of two U.K. soap operas, Grange Hill and Brookside, defended its use on the grounds of realism, though it was pointed out that the audience for the latter had fallen from 4.5 million to 500,000 because of its language.
While full of delightfully quirky characters (peeping Toms, Scientologists), it is also "undeniably reminiscent of daytime soap opera" ( People ). (Click here for the official site.)
(The exception is the cast of non-Jewish locals, who are almost all soap operaish white trash.)
Give them the facts, the truth, no soft soap, and that should be enough.
Isn't it a little self-pitying to ascribe misplaced guilty liberalism and soggy altruism to the same folks who bring us season after season of formulaic sitcoms, spandexed soap operas, and disease-of-the-week movies?