Example sentences for: treacly

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

  • Does Denzel Washington ever put you in mind of treacly black-guy triumphalism?

  • This film about a man reincarnated as a snowman so that he may comfort his grieving son is said to be "treacly and fake" (Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly ). The animatronic snowman (with Michael Keaton's voice) looks like a "large, wisecracking marshmallow man" (the New York Times ) and is described by Ebert as "the most repulsive single creature in the history of special effects."

  • Of course, while this form of address does away with the confusion created by the term "my friend," I think you'd agree that one should put off using the possessive endearment until it is truly called for, or it will come across as treacly baby talk.

  • The winner of the Best Foreign Film Oscar is judged less treacly than other recent winners.

  • Or are both Hanks and Washington in scripts you don't like because as scripts they embody treacly triumphalism?


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