| 单词 | sappy |
| 例句 | Sure, it’s a little lovey and sappy, but it expresses how music makes me feel most of all: HAPPY!! The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z Some sappy song would be playing while they flashed to Ashley and me sharing lunch, talking, laughing, looking coy, holding hands—and ending with that first chaste kiss. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z I knew, even then, Marcus was never going to be my boyfriend or write me sappy love letters. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z How had she gone from the most feared prisoner in Endovier to this sappy mess? Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I stand with Elizabeth on one side and Rabia on the other, holding hands like some sappy team on America’s Got Talent. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z “Tell her there are people at school who have her back. And I’m one of them. But you know, less sappy than that.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z Even when G’ma says, “Scoob-a-doob, not to get all sappy on ya, but it means the world to me that we made this pit stop. It’s like closing a door almost.” Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z There’s this one group called Boyz II Men that sings a lot of sappy songs our parents seem to love dancing and being ooey-gooey to. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z No one wrote a sappy letter like that unless they were. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z “And it’s not about stereotypical girl topics written in sappy, cliché ways.” Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z Probably some sappy saying about friends or sticking together or whatever. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z "Why? You think she bought into that sappy romance stuff?" The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z How do I say this without sounding sappy? The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he looked down at the picture, and I watched him go all sappy again. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z It was interesting, not stupid or silly or sappy or overly intellectual—not any of those things that I thought poetry was. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z I don't get sappy, I don't get political. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z But Vera was a sappy girl; she did not have any more sense than to believe everything she was told. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z I expect Sara to cringe, because I’m being totally sappy, but she nods. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z She didn’t seem to care and started singing again: “Happy, happy, happy, clap your feet, Happy, sappy, pappy, blow your nose, Biddy-boddy-bowdee, jump and jump.” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z “Just to hide the booklet. You can bring it back later,” Miss Dewey had said of the sappy friendship book. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z I wanted to hug each one of them, but I didn’t want to get sappy, either. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “You actually watched Casablanca? I thought you said you hated sappy, black-and-white movies.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z “Thanks for the sappy bumper sticker, ceiling lady.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z "For instance, I know that Angela doesn't want to marry that sappy intern." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Over the past few years, since the two of them had made up, they’d spent more time together, and she had learned that her dad had a sappy side. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He fiddled with the dial a moment, landing on some mariachi music that was as equally redneck and sappy in its own way as were the cowboy songs. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z You would think that having Lula as a friend would be a great relief to me after all my brothers, and generally this was so, but sometimes she could be a bit sappy. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z He wondered if he had looked that goofy, that sappy, when he talked about Birdie. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Then there’s a channel entirely in Spanish playing what is surely a sappy soap opera. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z And so many stories have these happy, sappy endings. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z He said that Mama had made the card sappy enough and that he hoped I was happy celebrating my day. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z People belt out sappy love songs around the karaoke machine, and all the aunties in the kitchen make chismis, gossip. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z We talked idly, contentedly, maybe a little sappily. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z There have been some really good movies recently on TV with religious themes that are not sappy but with mature themes. Where Is God on the Small Screen? 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z Wooden acting and cringeworthy dialogue didn’t stop the “Twilight” fantasy romance film franchise from drawing the world’s teenage girls into the sappy saga of pretty young Bella and her vampire bae Edward. Sorry, folks, but you may be getting another “Twilight” movie 2017-08-09T04:00:00Z But fear not – there's enough acknowledgement of corruption and malice to add a balancing menace to those sappier aspects. In PBS' playful "Around the World in 80 Days" David Tennant channels Jules Verne's liberated spirit 2022-01-02T05:00:00Z For years, mental health issues have been ignored and treated as an easy television punchline, or even worse — as sappy melodrama. TV finally gets mental illness right — by laughing about it 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z A song like “It’s Only Life” does none of that; in fact, it’s the sort of sappy fluff whose plasticity poisons a genre. The Shins' Port of Morrow: A Worthy (If Bumpy) Trip 2012-03-20T10:44:29Z As striking as some of Mr. Khan’s images are, there are stretches when he becomes ponderous and even sappy. Dance Review: Akram Khan Company?s ?Vertical Road? at Montclair State 2012-02-09T22:46:38Z When the male heroes are sappy, the heroines are tough, but just as liable to melt, as that fast-talking dame Jean Arthur shows. Frank Capra at the BFI - review 2010-12-18T00:07:26Z Either way, with the Bourbon Restoration of 1815, the artist was out of moves — and in Brussels exile he drew delicate, not to say sappy, portraits of nobles and family members. The Dangerous Beauty of Jacques-Louis David 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z He was ushered out of our lives by a sappy Coke commercial, a move that seemed to confirm that ultimately Don was full of it. Today's TV shows are good – but they aren't The Sopranos 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z Many critics found the characters unconvincing, the sentiments sappy and the writing overripe. Robert James Waller, Author of ‘The Bridges of Madison County,’ Dies at 77 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z So British royalty drama The Crown and sappy freshman insurgent This is Us are likely out. Golden Globes 2017: who will win – and who should win – the TV categories 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z But Mr. Schwartz’s tepid, sappy score had little of the spark and originality of “Wicked.” Opera? Musical? Please Respect the Difference 2011-07-09T03:30:34Z But overall this is a confident show that knows its power without landing on the sappy side of sentimental. Review: ‘As We See It,’ Where the Quest for ‘Normal’ Is Extraordinary 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z Mr. Uwechue said he preferred singing upbeat, rhythmic songs to the slower commercial fare — some of it sappy by Western standards — that his producers insist mainland Chinese will listen to. Nigerian Finds Pop Stardom in Beijing 2011-03-15T20:49:01Z The huzzahs kept coming after she dismissed everybody in her large band from the stage except for the pianist for “Bring My Flowers Now,” a wonderfully sappy new ballad about life’s shortness. Review | Tanya Tucker is back and better — and more endearingly bizarre — than ever 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z Again, I'm going to sound so sappy, but what a good career. ArtsBeat: Jonathan Banks of ‘Breaking Bad’ on Sunday’s Episode 2012-08-27T16:17:51Z Dear Readers: While enjoying outdoor activities, it’s easy for kids to be playing on or around a tree and discover that their clothes have a sticky, sappy residue on them. Perspective | Hints From Heloise: A widow’s advice for offering help 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z In reality, the seriocomic romp "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel" merely has its moments, but more often feels heavy-handed, sappy and overlong. Review: `Marigold Hotel' offers safe escape 2012-05-02T20:42:09Z You could tell it was from Gary, so well observed without being trite or sappy. Gary David Goldberg, Creator of ‘Family Ties,’ Dies at 68 2013-06-24T14:07:06Z Or at least that’s what I told myself as rationalization for how ridiculously sappy I was being. The Gaslight Anthem's Handwritten Is About You 2012-07-26T17:12:21Z It might sound sappy, but I live for moments like that. A ski trip for 3, with 1 grown-up: Actually, yes, it can be fun 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z Its syrupy celebration of endless love sometimes verges on sappy idolatry, but it also maximizes Timberlake and Santos’s talent for pop sentimentality. Romeo Santos Reveals Another Volume of Boundary-Crossing Bachata 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z The theme of this reading is “matters of the heart,” but considering the lineup, it may skew more scary than sappy. What to see at Lit Crawl in North Hollywood on Oct. 25 2017-10-22T04:00:00Z Instead, the show’s finale on HBO on Sunday night tempered its last sappy tarmac scene with a West Hollywood ending. The Tv Watch: ?Entourage? Ending Leaves a Door Open for HBO 2011-09-12T03:01:28Z Is it a little bit sappy at times? 'Groundhog Day' Is One Of The Best Holiday Comedies Of All time 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z Those sappy denouements seen in the show’s finale back in 2006? Review | ‘Will & Grace’ are back, mostly to snark about life in Trump’s America 2017-09-27T04:00:00Z Such aching sincerity might connect with audiences close in age to the show’s characters, but for many of us beyond that range, it’s akin to watching a particularly sappy and extra-long episode of “Glee.” Theater Review: ‘Bare,’ Rock Musical, at New World Stages 2012-12-11T22:20:29Z It vacillates between being snide and earnest, mean-spirited and sappy, dour and bubbly. How to make "Glee" sing in its second season 2010-06-09T11:40:00Z The younger Chan recently released his third album, "Messy," which he hopes will offer an alternative to the sappy ballads that dominate Chinese pop. Jackie Chan's son prefers music to movies 2010-06-15T08:39:00Z “As sappy as it sounds, I couldn’t imagine her or other little girls dreaming of being Ms. Marvel. But Captain Marvel. She sounds like the greatest hero in the world,” says Wacker. Meet Captain Marvel: Fighter Pilot, Feminist and Marvel's Big Gamble 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z I mean way back, as in the 1920s, when a sappy little comedy called “Abie’s Irish Rose,” by Anne Nichols, became a runaway hit over the strenuous objections of the New York critics. Review: ‘It Shoulda Been You,’ a Wedding on Broadway 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z It’s a gleaming superstructure around a sappy core. Playlist: New Music From Smashing Pumpkins and Neil Young 2012-06-29T20:01:40Z For some "Beth/Rest" will be too much; too earnest, too sappy. Bon Iver, Bon Iver Review: Justin Vernon puts his Kanye West productionlessons to good use with a new record of impressive textures 2011-06-20T11:35:00Z Henry is an avid reader, but that doesn't mean he'll be caught picking up a YA book or a sappy romance. “Red, White & Royal Blue”: Here's what Henry's and Alex's taste in books say about their characters 2023-08-19T04:00:00Z It’s not sappy or dreamy, yet there is an unspoken quality of new horizons. It’s a Season of Vintage Gems, and Female Bonding, at City Ballet 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z It was maybe a little sappy, but it was also, well, beautiful, as was the music, sung in a succession of single voices and languages. Coca-Cola’s “It’s Beautiful” Super Bowl Ad Brings Out Some Ugly Americans 2014-02-03T04:32:25Z Abolish the monarchy and these sappy and pretentious infomercials for them. ‘The Crown’ Episodes 1 and 2: Stiff Lips, Warm Heart 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z The acidity is fine, however, giving it a bracing quality that balances the rich, sappy fruit flavors. Rosés and reds to see you through September For some, "Beth/Rest" will be too much: too earnest, too sappy. 'Bon Iver' Review: Justin Vernon's Ambitious New Album 2011-07-05T05:35:00Z Some of them are sappy and romantic; some of them are fraught with anxiety. A Witty Mastermind of Les Ballets Trockadero Comes Home 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z But the finale suggests, buoyantly but not sappily, that things might be different — or at least that it’s essential to believe that they could be. ‘Derry Girls’: And Now Their Troubles Are Ended 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z Of “Love Someone,” Forrest said that the song had “great rhythm and lyrics that are sweet but not too sappy.” Survey reveals 2019's 'most popular' wedding first dance songs 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z It’s rich, ripe and sappy, with just enough acidity to match the fruit and keep the wine refreshing. 5 wines made for sipping and light meals 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z Using thin strips of sappy gum bark as tinder, we managed to get a fire going in the intermittent rain, and kept it going all day to dry our boots. Explorer : Mud, Leeches and Stunning Beauty in Tasmania 2013-01-25T17:51:24Z Of having his own microphones at the farewell shows, Mr. Walker said, “I don’t want to sound sappy, but this is the closing chapter to a part of my life.” ‘Tapers’ at the Grateful Dead Concerts Spread the Audio Sacrament 2015-07-05T04:00:00Z This work matches a sappy, cloying score to a creepy Hitchcockian story. Critic?s Notebook: Move From Lincoln Center Could Fortify City Opera?s Identity 2011-05-22T17:13:34Z The Sound of Music” Sung to “Put On a Happy Face” from “Bye Bye Birdie” Come join our troupe of seven — here in our sappy place. Style Invitational Week 1078: Hyphen the Terrible — neologisms plus winning parodies It was unusually long for a rosé, with bright, sappy watermelon and raspberry flavors. When he couldn’t get his favorite Provence rosés, he changed careers 2015-05-02T04:00:00Z Latter-era Letterman and Murray weren’t two wise guys getting sappy in their old age. Why David Letterman and Bill Murray Are Meant for Each Other 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z This is a sappy, savory red, simple and straightforward, well-balanced and delicious. Ready for grilling? 5 reds and rosés will do nicely. 2017-04-07T04:00:00Z After it came out, he was criticized for watering it down with a sappy speech. Pete Davidson’s Congressional Visitor and Earnest Address on “Saturday Night Live” 2018-11-11T05:00:00Z The final three episodes, released on Thursday, delivered less sappy romance and more of what royal watchers were waiting for: details about what, according to the couple, precipitated the public break with their family. ‘Harry & Meghan’: A Second Serving of Reviews for the Netflix Series 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z But I remembering thinking the film was sappy and stupid. 9 Reasons The Notebook Still Sucks 10 Years Later 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z For the most part, however, instead of presenting scenes or even clips from these films, the music simply accompanied dull, sappy animations by the visual artist and set designer Giuseppe Ragazzini. New York Philharmonic Begins Season at the Movies 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z The musical, which is unabashedly politically correct and at times unbearably sappy, tells Obama's story from two different perspectives —that of his family and that of the residents of a middle-class suburban Chicago neighborhood. 2010-01-21T17:20:00Z “I wanted it to be sweet and genuine but without being sappy.” Film: It?s What She Knows: The Luxe Life 2010-12-10T22:53:00Z Regina wants none of the sappy talk, just booze. 'Once Upon a Time': Belle makes a bold move in 'Heroes and Villains' 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z Except that might be a little too sappy. Theater Review: Sherie Rene Scott: Semi-Star From Kansas 2010-04-30T02:27:00Z The book, exclusively excerpted in , reveals a sappier side of the late-night icon. Cuckolded Johnny Carson Broke Into Wife’s Apartment To Sniff Out Lover 2013-10-08T11:42:00Z For the Mars Volta, a shift toward pop didn’t mean sappy love songs or upbeat sloganeering. The Mars Volta Returns With a Swerve: Its Own Version of Pop 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z As a second-year rosé, this wine has lost a bit of its freshness, but it has gained complexity and a savory, sappy quality. Celebrate National Rosé Day with this $12 Spanish stunner 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z Sometimes when a woman says “I am impossible”, it’s just classic, sappy, feminine self-deprecation. 'Everyone else was just a bit player': my night out with Elizabeth Wurtzel | Suzanne Moore 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z Here was a fresh creative vision that united film, dance and music but didn’t truck with sappy predictability. Pacific Northwest stars in Wolf Trap’s night of dance, music & postcard-pretty film Ms. DeVore appears again in Christopher L. Huggins’s “Essence,” a sappy solo that involves — sigh — a chair, as well as in Judith Jamison’s “Divining.” Dance Review: Ailey II, ABT II and Taylor 2 at Joyce?s 1.2.3. Festival 2010-04-18T21:55:00Z Sure, the tale of a spurned teen crying over her boyfriend ditching her for someone else is pretty sappy—but wouldn’t you cry, too, if it happened to you? Listen to 5 of Lesley Gore's Best Songs 2015-02-16T05:00:00Z They aim for nostalgia and wind-in-hair buoyancy, and manage the balance sweetly throughout, tipping into a triumphantly sappy guitar solo on All Through the Night. Noah and the Whale: Heart of Nowhere – review 2013-05-02T21:45:01Z He’s very conscious about being too sappy, and he has a good sense of that. This Is Pixar's Secret to Making Moviegoers Cry 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z “You can’t just tell happy sappy stories and expect people to believe you.” Galley Girl at Book Expo 2013: The Last Two Nights 2013-06-01T19:00:08Z The technology also had a tendency to get sappy, leading him to direct it to “stop being sentimental.” A New ‘M*A*S*H’ Scene: Written by ChatGPT, Read by Hawkeye and B.J. 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z In place of satisfying spectacle, then, we get a movie pocked with sappy symbolism and facile foreshadowing — like Moore’s fixation on the abandoned eggs in a dried-up bird’s nest. ‘After the Wedding’ Review: Secrets and Sighs 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z It’s too easy to turn the story of Diana — and her death especially — into a gruesome set of conspiracy theories or a sappy, never-ending wallow. Review | William and Harry open up about losing Diana in HBO documentary 2017-07-21T04:00:00Z In truth, two hours with my brother-in-law was about all I could stand, while my father — impatient, sappy and often sexist — could do little wrong. Modern Love: We Should Dance While We Can 2010-11-28T04:30:00Z “They are tired of manipulative, cheap and sappy films filled with big romantic gestures that never happen in real life, ever.” Indies Invent a New Breed of Romantic Comedy 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z And the harmonies … beautiful, but never sappy, complex, but never too busy; they add a dimension to the songs that few bands have ever matched. Mike Mills: “I discovered Big Star the same way I discovered much of the music I love — by listening to Peter Buck’s record collection” 2014-09-01T04:00:00Z Reviewing the film in The New York Times, Renata Adler called it “a little sappy at moments, but the best written, most seriously acted American movie in a long time.” Stewart Stern, 92, Screenwriter of ‘Rebel Without a Cause,’ Dies 2015-02-07T05:00:00Z For an explicit attempt at instructive uplift titled after a poem by the filmmaker, “Seeds of Resiliency” is neither very sappy nor hokey. Movie Review: ‘Seeds of Resiliency,’ by Susan Polis Schutz 2012-11-22T22:14:23Z Darker rosés are usually fruitier, sappy even, and often a bit sweet. When he couldn’t get his favorite Provence rosés, he changed careers 2015-05-02T04:00:00Z Karen Gillan began the series as a revelation, spiky and soulful and sassy and various other words that begin with 'S' that aren't sappy or spineless or simpering. Doctor Who: series finale 2010-06-25T11:24:00Z It’s sappy, savory and delicious with notes of black cherry, pepper and mushroom. Fire up the grill and uncork this $15 French malbec for a fabulous pairing 2021-05-21T04:00:00Z “I think the tricky part is not making her sappy,” she added. Really Seeing Marmee: Oh, How ‘Little Women’s’ Matriarch Has Changed 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z You might expect such a book — and its corresponding audiobook, read by O’Brien himself — cobbled together from scraps of pride and dread, to be something of a mess: scattershot, sentimental, even sappy. Tim O’Brien, a Veteran of War and Fatherhood, Opens Up to His Sons 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z It has a vibrant red color and ripe, sappy flavors of strawberry and watermelon. Recommended wines for late spring sipping Here, Campbell has never sounded more confident, but it’s confidence in pulling the sappy loser card time and time again. Camera Obscura’s Desire Lines Offers a Quirky Take on Heartbreak 2013-06-07T15:30:35Z The first half of the book swells with promise and interesting ideas, but by the middle, it grows soggy with sappy characterizations. Best new science fiction for summer 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z Lame and sappy as it is to admit, we do. | : Sept. 19 ? 25 2010-09-16T16:11:00Z Yes, this "Snow Flower," thanks to an often sappy screenplay by Angela Workman, Ron Bass and Michael K. Ray, bears little resemblance to the book, and even less resemblance to a good movie. 'Snow Flower and the Secret Fan' makes no sense 2011-07-21T19:28:03Z The first episode is so sappy it belongs on pancakes — and, yes, I realize the world is hurting, but patronizingly low-grade inspirational junk like this is not the answer to anyone’s problems. Review | Fall TV 2017: 10 new shows worth checking out (and 5 you can totally skip) 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z The second half is a friendlier, more familiar Sabzi, one we recognize from previous Blue Scholars songs: sappy major chord progression, ecstatic pitch-tweaked synthesizer melody. Download this: "John DeLorean" by Seattle's Blue Scholars 2011-04-20T17:34:06Z Yet a novel comprising a relentless onslaught of zingers can get dangerously close to a less sappy “Jonathan Livingston Seagull” or a nihilistic rendition of Mao’s Little Red Book. ‘Quicksand’ review: A zany, and trying, tale of a man who can’t catch a break 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z These goodbyes are sappier than a Hallmark commercial but I fall for it every time. "American Idol" recap: So long, Big Mike! 2010-05-13T13:13:00Z Like many sappy Asian rom-dramas, "A Beautiful Life" relies heavily on sentimental soundtrack ballads and enough melodramatic twists to cause a serious case of whiplash. 'A Beautiful Life': Romantic tale brings twists, turmoil and tears 2011-05-19T19:58:04Z But this earlier novel has a rare warmth to it, without ever seeming sappy. The great books giveaway 2011-03-04T11:19:03Z The accompanying photograph — a field of wildflowers with mountains in the distance — made it seem more like a sappy greeting card than a sincere apology. Hey, Lara Spencer, Ballet Is for Boys 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z Or is it a mobster version of Bucket List, comic and sappy? Scent of Doomed Men: Al Pacino and Christopher Walken Team Up for Stand Up Guys 2013-01-31T12:59:25Z There are many of these duets in “It Starts Now,” and they are the best parts, inventive and tender if also a bit sappy and soporific. Review: A Choreographer Stakes an Independent Claim 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z February is the month of love and the perfect time to curl up with bottle of wine and binge-watch all the sappy romances your wee heart desires. From Kanye's documentary to the return of Leatherface here’s what’s new on Netflix in February 2022-02-05T05:00:00Z It may sound sappy, but for me “Ulysses” is chiefly valuable as the most moving tribute in literature to kindness. 'Ulysses' and the Moral Right to Pleasure 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z “It sounds sappy, but we knew from that first date we were destined to be together,” Mr. Paley Ellison said. For This Couple, It’s Death Till They Part 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z In areas that lack hooks, Angelakos shreds his heart to pieces, and in moments that feel sappy, Angelakos jumps off the bench. There's Nothing Light About Passion Pit's Gossamer 2012-07-23T18:09:47Z It also provides the rather pleasing spectacle of Roberts, an Oscar-winning actor and star of some of the sappiest romances ever committed to celluloid, serenely pivoting to the small screen. Pretty risky: Has Julia Roberts’s move from Hollywood to TV drama Homecoming worked? 2018-10-27T04:00:00Z “We’re not running sappy music every time somebody says ‘I’m sorry,’” he explained. ‘Full House’ Is Back. Why? 2016-02-17T05:00:00Z During a season when the majority of movies are sappy and overwrought with emotion, this unexpectedly delightful comedy is fun, weird and relatable in the best ways. 6 Underrated Holiday Movies to Stream Right Now 2016-12-19T05:00:00Z Dashboard Confessional was lovelorn and sappy; Jimmy Eat World was cheerfully sincere. The Rise of Emo Nostalgia 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z There’s cognitive dissonance here, but also a nice, sappy, deep-colored rosé. At just $15, this soulful Spanish garnacha from a lesser-known region is a steal 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z It’s preferable, in any case, to the tidy, sappy end of the movie, a conclusion as silly as the book’s epilogue, which gives us Langdon reflecting on the true meaning of Dante’s work. “Inferno,” a Movie Even Tom Hanks Couldn’t Save 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z Popping the question on Valentine's Day, he believes, has given him license to be a "sappy cheeseball" for the next 24 hours. 2010-02-07T22:04:00Z Fans of the sharper irony in “The Family Fang” may find Wilson’s new novel a tad sappy. In ‘Perfect Little World,’ a scientist hopes to create the ideal family 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z Along the way, Jamie sings of his plight in numbers both snappy and sappy, annotated with improbably extended legs and graceful vogueing. Showgirls, a Monster and a Drag Queen: Singing Songs of Self 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z How can something be at once clinical and sappy? Review: Justin Peck Runs Out of Steam in ‘Copland Dance Episodes’ 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z It’s a little sappy, as are Mr.Gries’s choreographic choices, but he is fascinating to watch. Dance Review: Under the Milky Way, in Suspended Reality 2011-06-06T21:37:28Z And deservedly so: Ms. Mills’s shoestring production is charming, sharply written and neither sappy nor cruel. Watchlist: Boxers, Trekkies, Lilliputians and Other Favorites 2010-12-11T23:20:00Z Here’s a richer, riper Tavel, sappy and just a tad sweet — not from residual sugar in the wine but from the ripe vintage. 5 summer wines to make you say ‘ahh’ 2016-07-09T04:00:00Z His aversion to and awkwardness around intimacy — he’s only ever said “I love you” twice to his parents, “and once at a Mariah Carey concert” — keep things from getting too sappy. ‘Schitt’s Creek’ Brings Love, Canadian Style 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z The Invite is a humor and light-verse contest, and so the Empress is not looking for sappy odes. Style Invitational Week 1313: Dead Letters — our obit poem contest 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z “Fly” is only six episodes, and it moves with the happy bounce of “Sex Education” or the lighter scenes of “Stranger Things,” tender but not overly sappy, wiser than its characters but not overly judgmental. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z At the risk of sounding sappy, it is transcendent. What are marrons glacés from "The French Dispatch"? 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z It's also a little less sappy than other entries, which sits well with me as I like my Muppets a little less kid-friendly. Scarecrow Video recommendations for 'The Muppets' 2011-11-22T18:05:22Z When I returned an hour later there was a sappy group hug and they asked me if I was in love. I married my sorority sister 2013-01-23T01:00:00Z “Most of the popular brands are sappy and sweet. I tell people these are bone dry, funky, even sour, and when they try some, they’re surprised,” he says. Cider, fit for Thanksgiving feasts old and new Why does a sappy pop song make us tap our toes? Beach reads for dark summer days: 7 books to soothe the burn 2018-07-04T04:00:00Z They made gestural abstraction begin to look operatic and sappy and uncool. Jasper Johns: Divide and Conquer 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z It would be posted to Mr. Jacobs’s 1.5 million followers the following morning with sappy lyrics from “Only Love Is Real” by Carole King. The Marc Jacobs Whisperer 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z His choreography is about the painstaking accumulation of textures through dance, sound, lighting and costume; despite these same tools, “sakinan” lands in a sappy place of melancholy. Dance Review: Lyon Opera Ballet Dances a Work by Christian Rizzo 2014-05-08T20:54:15Z Why would I get choked up over a sappy song from a Muppet I never loved, sung in the recorded voice of a puppeteer I never knew? Dead Tree Alert: Won’t Someone Think of the Parents! 2012-11-29T13:14:51Z It sounds sappy, but I think that the people close to Usl care for him, and try to help him. This Week in Fiction: Rivka Galchen on the Horror of Public Shaming 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z And then she sang along to Adele’s sappy anthem “Someone Like You,” wavering on and off pitch as her mascara ran. Dance Review: Ann Liv Young as Sleeping Beauty at Abrons Arts Center - Review 2012-01-13T23:31:08Z As the play skates toward a sappy ending, the tone is strained, and so is the trajectory, forcing a resolution that’s far too tidy. Review: At This Theater Festival, Death Crouches in the Wings 2019-07-30T04:00:00Z And, on a sappier note, the online event of the long-form video is to be welcomed: how cheering that there still exist things to bring us together into one big melee of enthusiasm and outrage. MIA's Born Free: going for the jugular 2010-05-01T23:10:00Z We never brush away embarrassed tears at anything like Tiny Tim’s sappy blessing. Review | Christmas comes early in Jon Clinch’s ‘Marley,’ a clever riff on ‘A Christmas Carol’ 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z In reality, this seriocomic romp merely has its moments, but more often feels heavy-handed, sappy and overlong. Capsule reviews of `The Avengers,' other new films 2012-05-02T22:04:55Z Lace corset dresses looked richly detailed without being sappy; in fact, they looked like the sort of things a young woman would love to wear. Fashion Review: New York Fashion Week Review: Creatures of the Wind, Richard Chai,Peter Som, Lisa Perry 2012-09-08T00:03:15Z Gratitude doesn’t have to be soft and sappy—it’s a game we play with ourselves and our kids to get through times good and bad. How to Be Happier This Thanksgiving 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z Distracted by the recent death of his wife — whose loss he medicates by reading his sappy scribblings aloud to a rapt writing group — Sanders seems drained and becalmed. ‘Maggie Moore(s)’ Review: Body Trouble 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z The girls call him “Sparky” because he kept suggesting those sappy, romantic films from the Nicholas Sparks books. 10 years after USC fired him on the tarmac, Lane Kiffin believes he can weather any storm 2023-09-17T04:00:00Z Every solid karaoke session is filled with sappy love songs and devastating breakup songs. The L.A. Times and Radio Korea are hosting a karaoke contest. Here's how you can compete 2023-07-12T04:00:00Z Their definitions run a narrow gamut, from a sappy return to 1950's-era Christian moralizing to an outright refusal to accept that gender diversity has long been a feature of our species. What is a man? Even Darwin rejected the myth of the “alpha male” 2023-07-11T04:00:00Z Would it really be a summer-camp wedding without sappy moments with best pals? Beanie Feldstein and Bonnie-Chance Roberts' wedding ceremony served camp — literally 2023-06-02T04:00:00Z They have a strange, sappy, coupley dynamic that shapes almost every word they exchange. Advice | Carolyn Hax: Relatives refuse to call trans sister by feminine name 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z “This is going to sound sappy, but it’s a very good group of people who play a very good game,” Sharpe said. Perspective | A last skate for a pickup hockey game that started four decades ago 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z Delilah, the mononymous “queen of sappy love songs,” broadcasts a five-hour-long request show each night from her home near Seattle that has made her the most listened-to woman on the radio. Send me a love song: How L.A. became hopelessly devoted to radio dedication shows 2023-02-12T05:00:00Z Not to get too sappy about it, but if those two can find common ground, politics might not be as irretrievably broken as it sometimes seems. Virginia could end solitary confinement thanks to unlikely duo of lawmakers 2023-02-04T05:00:00Z “I noticed in high school that one of my friends was attracting the best-looking girls by writing them sappy love poems,” he said in the Cortland Review in 1998. Charles Simic, poet laureate of the surreal, dies at 84 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z Basing their conclusions on this tree’s modern relatives, the researchers believe it would have been right at home among the sappy conifers in the warm climate that the Baltic region experienced during the Eocene. See the Largest Flower Ever Found Encased in Amber 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z It’s a tear-jerker by design — and sappy as it was, I succumbed. Perspective | Hoping to connect for holidays? Try a game that asks you to open up. 2022-12-18T05:00:00Z “Holiday blues used to afflict me, and the sappy holiday background music helped bring me down. Now, instead of dreading the songs, I make a sport of mentally noting my Top 5 least favorites.” Your Holiday Rituals 2022-12-03T05:00:00Z Deep down in my core, I am a sweet, sappy, sentimental guy, and something about that movie is — as the kids say — so pure. How David Harbour went from 'anti-Christmas' guy to action hero Santa in 'Violent Night' 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z Savage adapted Ausiello’s 2017 book with David Marshall Grant, and the screenplay maintains the grounded honesty that feels typical to Savage’s work, despite the sappy Hollywood romance trappings of the film. Review: In 'Spoiler Alert,' the tears will flow despite the narrative gimmicks 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z Piped-in pop songs like one titled “Hello Bride” — often derided as sappy in normal settings — are de rigueur in this context. Against war’s bleak backdrop, nonstop crush of weddings in Kyiv 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z The leftover smell hits me first: warm ash, charred flowers, sappy trees and sandalwood. L.A. can assign sanctity to anything. But nothing brings clarity like burning incense 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z Social media annoyed me more than distracted me, so I stuck with “The Bachelor” or a few pages of a sappy romance novel. When my daughter was in the hospital, this was what kept me sane 2022-08-08T04:00:00Z “I’m excited that this isn’t me sending you all a sappy ‘this is my last day’ note,” Ms. Bedingfield wrote in her email, “and so excited for all that is to come.” White House Communications Director, Set to Depart, Decides to Stay 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z Call me sappy, but I got a little choked up. How 'Ms. Marvel' changed the MCU — and TV itself — for the better 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z Here’s a sappy old song on the radio. Opinion | RIP James Caan, who taught millions of American males how to cry 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z Since then, they’ve opened up more about the relationship in interviews and on social media, usually to wish the other a happy birthday in sappily sweet Instagram missives. If you think Zendaya is pregnant with Tom Holland's baby, you've probably been 'Krissed' 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z “Don’t get all sappy on me!” says another. Step into Glenn Kaino's magical and immersive forest installation 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z In 1985, Faith Henschel-Ventrello flipped over the new wave apple cart: “The music was a little too soft for me, a little sappy, like Josie Cotton. I wanted to make it more eclectic.” The many lives of KEXP, now a more diverse, online global phenomenon 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z There are the folks hawking bouquets by the side of the road, the sappy tunes on the radio. L.A. Affairs: I hated Feb. 14 — until I received a valentine from my dead husband 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z This is hip K-Town, where the burgeoning popularity of Korean pop culture, including boy bands to sappy TV series, draws young digital natives eager to sample a taste of Korea in person. A tale of two Koreatowns: Hip spots thriving while older businesses struggle amid Omicron 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z One slip and Charlie could have become a fount of touching insight, like the sappy environmental prodigy in Richard Powers’s “Bewilderment.” Review | The remarkable worlds of Hanya Yanagihara’s ‘To Paradise’ 2022-01-11T05:00:00Z And when Sarachan got married, Arena slipped the band a $100 bill to play the sappy Morris Albert love song “Feelings.” How did Bruce Arena become the most successful American soccer coach in history? 2021-11-21T05:00:00Z “There is something there. Still. This may sound sappy and like, ‘Oh, she just wants to make a lot of money on a book’ and yeah, sure, I do. Did Brittany Murphy marry a 'con man'? His ex says she escaped a similar fate 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z The Olympic spirit isn’t a sappy slogan or cliché to Durant. Elliott: Kevin Durant's Olympic spirit lifting U.S. men's basketball to the verge of gold 2021-08-05T04:00:00Z Not to get too sappy, but when you boil it down the best way to celebrate is with a stack of flapjacks & a bottle of real #CanadianMapleSyrup. Ontario finance minister touted ‘sacrifices’ while vacationing in St. Barts during lockdown 2020-12-31T05:00:00Z To accept her request would mean that every time I shared something with my friend group, she would add on a heartfelt and sappy “Great!” or “You’re the best!” type of exclamation as a comment. My mother’s Facebook adventure 2020-12-18T05:00:00Z And as sappy as it sounds, it’s kind of a beautiful lesson for real life, too. Why Demon’s Souls is my game of the year 2020-12-14T05:00:00Z Funny, touching and filled with humanity, it is heartwarming without being sappy. Harsh views of L.A. streetlight competition winner 2020-09-12T04:00:00Z I’m sure this may sound sappy or sentimental or pandering or something bad, but I really found it to be a privilege. A Media Critic Focuses on the Crisis in Local News 2020-07-14T04:00:00Z In the end, “Sonic” is quippy without being mean, and sweet without being sappy, making this a trip that’s well worth taking. Review | ‘Sonic the Hedgehog’ is sweet, funny and smart. Wait, what? 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z Rothman: Unfortunately because of the holly and the green tones, it feels like a sappy Christmas movie to me. Washington Post 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z Expect sappy descriptions of the iconic, scenic locale all week long on CBS' broadcast. 2020 AT&T Pebble Beach pro-am odds: Oddsmakers like Phil Mickelson's chances this week - Golf Digest 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z Need to send a message, but aren’t into sappy, sentimental cards? Hey, stressed shoppers, these Valentine’s Day gifts are sure to please | Produced by Advertising Publications 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z There’s no cursing, but characters sometimes say rude things to one another, such as when Steven is called a “weak, sappy, useless piece of dirt.” What to watch with your kids: ‘The Song of Names,’ ‘Steven Universe: Future’ and more 2019-12-30T05:00:00Z We can still fight back, and the revolution starts here with our takedown of the eight sickest, sappiest, all-around worst holiday commercials of 2019. Ranking the sickest, sappiest, all-around worst holiday commercials of 2019 - Golf Digest 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z It’s a bit sappy at times and many of the characters are predictably flat. A world overrun by white nationalists needs a good rock and roll film 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z On Sunday, the actress, 22, dedicated a "sappy nighttime birthday poem" to Sprouse, who turned 27 this past weekend. 'Riverdale' star Lili Reinhart shares 'sappy' love poem for Cole Sprouse 2019-08-05T04:00:00Z Riverside’s Van Buren Drive-In plays right into such sappy traditionalism. Now showing: Drive-in theaters, those beacons of gentle summer nights 2019-07-03T04:00:00Z Like other lighthearted superhero anime, it’s sometimes sappy, sometimes slapstick comedy. Everything coming to Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, and HBO Now in May 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z OK, let's move on before we all get sappy again … Brooks Koepka moves on from the Masters, a WAG's messy victory chug, and a Tiger Woods license plate in need of an update - Golf Digest 2019-04-23T04:00:00Z She calls herself the “queen of sappy love songs,” and she is an industry in her own right. Radio host Delilah shares her private grief with listeners 2019-04-14T04:00:00Z It is perhaps against the rules of the book, canned and sappy, to point out the utter lack of love in it, such is the cage around its heart. The dark brilliance of Bret Easton Ellis, by Ottessa Moshfegh 2019-03-02T05:00:00Z Ms. King established a distinct brand of news delivery: chatty but not snarky, empathetic but not sappy. Gayle King Has the Spotlight All to Herself 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z “It was neat for me to play … well, not to get too sappy about it, but it made me pretty emotional.” Gone Hollywood: Ruben Amaro Jr. ready for ‘Goldbergs’ cameo 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z He’s also re-enacted scenes from his favorite movie, the sappy and romantic “Princess Bride.” Ted Cruz takes unlikely role as a bulwark of stability 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z It seems a little sappy, but the animation also looks pretty great. 9 new trailers you should watch this week 2018-08-18T04:00:00Z A coda involving old-age makeup on the two young leads takes it to a place of seriously sappy sentimentality. ‘On Chesil Beach’: Uneven bedroom drama follows a disastrous honeymoon 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z I’m not trying to get sappy, preachy, whatever. Michelle Williams of Destiny's Child on what it was like to be part of Beychella 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z Her friend showed her “how to live,” Kelly explains in the sappy voice-over introduction. Review | ‘The Miracle Season’ is a tear-drenched sports melodrama, but it’s no champion 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z “You don’t want to do something sappy,” said Thomas Holgate, 17, a junior, looking over Taylor’s shoulder as she stared at the computer screen. ‘It Has to Be Perfect’: Putting Out a Yearbook After the Parkland Shooting 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z That meant we would go on to endure months of “Farewell Season” commercials, arguably sappier than those goodbye montages that aired after each contestant was eliminated. Analysis | From ‘Roseanne’ to ‘Gilmore Girls,’ these 5 TV reboots ask us to disregard their weird finales 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z Maybe some of my students found it sappy or maudlin, that sense of belonging, but my heart swelled righteously against their imagined accusations. Does Recovery Kill Great Writing? 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z I reject the sentimental posturing, the reductive, sappy, commercialised uniformity of it. Column inches: my visit to see another man’s penis 2018-02-12T05:00:00Z It careens between angry and sweet; bitter and sappy. In 2018, I want to find new music without using algorithms 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z I don’t usually get sappy about my work, but Susan – on the left – looks kind of angelic. My best winter photograph 2017-12-26T05:00:00Z I don’t want to sound sentimental or sappy, she’s worth more than that. Anita Pallenberg remembered by Marianne Faithfull 2017-12-17T05:00:00Z Some criticized his music for being too sappy, but perhaps more hurtful to Smith were critics from the gay community. Grappling with fame, Sam Smith still sings from the heart 2017-11-15T05:00:00Z Have you ever been on public transportation and spotted someone watching a rather sappy and partially nude drama? Netflix finds that people who stream steamy scenes on the train aren’t usually embarrassed about it 2017-11-14T05:00:00Z Pikachu doesn’t need to deliver a sappy line about how it feels, because it’s acting those feelings out. Pikachu is talking now and it’s very upsetting 2017-11-14T05:00:00Z A legislative session that began in January concluded Monday, and the day was supposed to be reserved for goofy group photos and sappy goodbyes. Highlights from in and around the world of Texas politics 2017-05-29T04:00:00Z According to Variety, the reprise is a "sappy, passionless, schlocky remake... without even the iota of imagination necessary to expand upon the 1987 film". What did the critics make of the Dirty Dancing remake? - BBC News 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z The sappy montage, the dramatic voiceover, the announcer breathlessly declaring that “anticipation of football fans everywhere is at an all-time high.” Column: Don’t believe the hype about these sporting events 2017-04-28T04:00:00Z Their and others’ interactions are constructive but not sappy; the garden doesn’t bloom overnight, like Jack’s beanstalk. Review: At Seattle Children’s Theatre, ‘Seedfolks’ a flourishing tale of a community garden 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z Bank teller Jana White said her plans for riding out the storm included "lots of hot chocolate and a couple of sappy movies." Blizzard warnings issued as powerful snowstorm hits the East Coast 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z The Scene put Jorge and Long on a stark set, facing each other in director’s chairs with sappy background music on point and captioning that serves to emphasize the juiciest stuff. Catching up with ‘Hurt Bae’ and her viral breakup fame 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z It happens in stadiums and arenas all over the country, always in the same sentimental or sappy way, depending on your perception. For these Los Angeles Dodgers-loving couples, paradise by the scoreboard light 2017-02-13T05:00:00Z This ridiculous myth was perpetuated by sappy writers and movies such as “Field of Dreams.” Column: Don’t believe the hype about these sporting events 2017-04-28T04:00:00Z This film, a sappy, family-friendly tribute to man’s best friend, follows a reincarnated dog through several lives. ‘A Dog’s Purpose’ review: With or without scandal, it’s forgettable 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z You might be surprised that this sappy, family-friendly tribute to man's best friend kills its main character within mere moments. Canine drama 'A Dog's Purpose' is a fleeting experience 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z The first thing every Alabama recruit sees entering Nick Saban’s house is the last thing he might expect the Crimson Tide coach to get sappy about: a piano. Nick Saban’s Grand Recruitment Tool: A Piano 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z “It’s a montage of every sappy thing you’ve ever seen about America. Only these are real people, in their own voices, and I think it’s a picture of the real diversity in the country.” Pantsuit Nation, a ‘Secret’ Facebook Hub, Celebrates Clinton 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z But is the movie a contrived, sappy rom-com or a passionate Gothic where star-crossed souls are brought together through supernatural serendipity? She didn't have fangs, but I still thought she might be a vampire 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z You might be surprised that this sappy, family-friendly tribute to man’s best friend kills its main character within mere moments. ‘A Dog’s Purpose’ review: With or without scandal, it’s forgettable 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z Trigger warning: it’s nuclear-grade patriotic and pretty sappy: “When those planes fly over speedway Indiana, there’ll be a little bit of mist in this American’s eyes, cause you got the job done.” Vice-presidential debate: Mike Pence and Tim Kaine to face off – live 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z Most of the time, though, the movie is too busy being saucy or sappy to even look at its target. ‘Is That a Gun in Your Pocket?’ review: A lame riff on ‘Lysistrata’ 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z It's been shared around quite a bit, and at the very least, it's a welcome reprieve from the sort of Sarah McLachlan-esque ads with sappy music that aim to shame viewers into taking action. This short film is designed to convince 'asshole' millennials to become organ donors 2016-08-07T04:00:00Z They will be less sappy, not tugging as much on the audience’s heartstrings with exaggerated tales of hardship. Do almost 7,000 hours of Olympic coverage seem excessive to anyone? 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z Yet some on the left draw the opposite conclusion, preferring righteous marginality over actual power and substituting sappy moralism for clear-eyed strategy. Bernie’s big lesson: Socialists should occupy the Democratic Party, not abandon it 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z Blink-182 did not invent pop-punk: a bratty, sappy California band called the Descendents essentially created the style, in the early nineteen-eighties, with a sublime little album called “Milo Goes to College.” Blink-182: Punk for All Ages 2016-07-18T04:00:00Z “The vows are traditional — nothing too soupy and sappy,” he says. Rudy Giuliani to officiate his first same-sex wedding 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z A lot of the advice on being happier is sappy. How To Make Life Spectacular: 4 Rituals Backed by Research 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z The bottom line: Richie was talented, but too slight and sappy to be taken seriously. 25 Songs That Tell Us Where Music Is Going 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z A realist, an atheist and not at all sappy, she detested the notion that cancer was a gift. The Lives They Lived 2015-12-23T05:00:00Z Then R&B followed by sappy pop music and then rock, punk and heavy metal. Lights’ Valerie Anne Poxleitner discusses new CD ‘Little Machines’ and music of motherhood 2015-11-22T05:00:00Z He's not that type of guy, never confused for being syrupy or sappy. New face(s) of the Lakers? 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z I needed a way to talk about this terrifying, intoxicating experience that wasn’t sappy or cliche; that didn’t feel unfashionable and embarrassing; that was honest and true and helpful, rather than boastful or false. I really love my daughter, but I’m not supposed to talk about that 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z Even though I thought it was in a terribly sappy poem, when Emily Dickinson said there was “no Frigate like a Book/To take us Lands away,” I knew she was telling the truth. The Suicide of the Liberal Arts 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z “Enough of the sappy talk,” says one sister. This Might Be the Most Epic Wedding Toast of All Time 2015-07-26T04:00:00Z The sappy, introspective state of the opposition is terrible for its members. Forward, comrades! 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z It manages to be so emotionally poignant and real without ever sinking into cloying or sappy. 'Inside Out' Is Something Truly Special, Even For Pixar 2015-06-21T04:00:00Z Talk about why you are appreciative and what that person's efforts and actions mean for you, without being melodramatic or too sappy. 5 Elements of a Great Thank-You Note 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z The Hollywood Reporter said that if you strip out the sex, the film is “a wistful, some might say sappy story about heartbreak, made with impressive cinematic elan but somewhat shallow emotional depth.” Gaspar Noe’s explicit ‘Love’ sets Cannes atwitter 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z The Hollywood Reporter said that if you strip out the sex, the film is "a wistful, some might say sappy story about heartbreak, made with impressive cinematic elan but somewhat shallow emotional depth." Gaspar Noe's explicit 'Love' sets Cannes atwitter 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z ‘Age of Ultron’ is too sappy for no reason, and without a payoff. 'Avengers' Review: 5 Things 'Age Of Ultron' Gets Dead Wrong 2015-05-02T04:00:00Z He's getting sappy on college campuses, wringing his hands about his tuition savings plan and waxing nostalgic about his own years as an undergraduate. Obama weighs college tuition as a president and a dad 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z Without sounding too sappy and emotional, for me it put a bright positive bow on what was otherwise a year mired in controversy and disappointment. 5 Reasons That 2014 Was Actually An Awesome Year In The Gaming Industry 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z In keeping with Lo’s description of the ideal Swedish pop song, “Don’t Wait” sounds pleasantly haunted and crackly, the opposite of sappy. The Swedish Invasion 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z Bruni, on the other hand, brings nothing to the table but sappy holiday card platitudes and political analysis that’s either bland or completely clueless. Frank Bruni’s embarrassingly dumb midterm column: Why the NYT columnist should spare us his hot takes 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z It’s a special talent to create stories so devastatingly sappy the audience is guaranteed to cry yet appealing enough to come back for more. ‘The Best of Me’ and the evil genius of the Nicholas Sparks empire All this might be too nauseatingly sappy if Greenfield weren't so completely earnest. Activist dives in dumpsters across the U.S. to highlight food waste 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z Not everyone is familiar, however, with Gibson’s remarkably similar turn in the 2000 movie The Patriot, an impressively sappy film set during the American Revolution: Ten ways the Scotland referendum is like the American revolution and three ways it isn't 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z Even if you aren’t usually a fan of sappy romance stuff, grab some tissues before watching this one. This Surprise Proposal During an A Cappella Show Will Make You Tear Up 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z Keaton’s self-awareness lends itself to a confident voice, even when discussing topics that might sound sappy if written by a less decisive author. Beneath the Hat As the sun set on Bangkok Friday night, Thailand's sappy soap operas flickered back on just as suddenly as they'd vanished a day earlier. Thailand to junta: Please change your soundtrack 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z I’m not that sappy, so I’m surprised when the sentimental card comes quickly. Writing Mother's Day Cards at Hallmark: An Inside Look 2014-05-01T21:15:10Z They watched a sappy movie starring Ryan Gosling called ”The Notebook.” Amanda Knox, what really happened: Writing toward the actual story 2014-02-09T12:00:00Z The fanciful notion seems to border on sappy until you hear it from the players. Broncos trying to win one for Champ Bailey 2014-01-29T22:09:59Z “I’ll leave the sappy stuff for after the game or when I send him a text message here and there,” Griffin said. Robert Griffin III, Redskins face off with Peyton Manning 2013-10-25T20:01:00Z In the earlier novels, we cheered when she tossed the sappy self-help books in the trash and gave Daniel Cleaver the heave-ho when he treated her poorly. Women Feel Cheated By Bridget Jones 2013-10-17T09:45:45Z Even now I’m scared about how sappy this’ll look in print, saying this. Remembering David Foster Wallace: 5 quotes on life and other things 2013-09-12T20:40:00Z The Mets handled Seaver just right — he did not enter on a convertible, and there were no sappy tributes on the scoreboard. On Baseball: All-Star Game Gives the Mets a Glimpse of a Packed Citi Field 2013-07-17T04:32:11Z Maybe he needs some Virtual Riverside software with nice sappy early season pitches upon which to build confidence. England recover in New Zealand after bowlers and top order given runaround 2013-03-01T09:36:37Z The app could also design a customized card–sappy/funny/naughty, whatever would delight Veronica. Can the Singularity Solve the Valentine's Day Dilemma? 2013-02-11T14:15:07.257Z The car engine sound abruptly stopped and shifted to a sappy instrumental with a male voiceover. Content and Context Will Drive the Next Generation of Advertising 2013-01-29T00:17:09Z “A good premise for a comedy, but somewhere along the way, it got diluted and turned into a sappy, feel-good story of family togetherness,” begins the Hollywood Reporter. Friday Flicks: Bill Murray Plays FDR 2012-12-07T06:15:00Z Plus, Rihanna’s vocals continue to improve, which is particularly evident in the ballads “Half of Me” and the sappy standout “Stay.” Learn to Love Rihanna's New Album 2012-11-21T10:55:00Z "I don't want to open with two decrepit, sappy cows." City Room: A Scene From Cuban Sugarcane Fields Will Endure on Columbus Avenue 2012-11-11T16:00:48Z It’s just as easy to be sappy about the Olympics. Op-Ed Columnist: The Soul of the Olympics 2012-08-11T18:10:00Z He acknowledges people might think he is naive: Aids is a deadly disease, not something that can be wished away with sappy celebrity sentiments and positive thinking. Sir Elton pins his hopes on love 2012-07-16T05:33:43Z In the strict imaginative sense, the result seemed too good to be true and sappy enough to be scripted. On Basketball: A Big Day for Hornets and N.B.A. Lottery Conspiracy Theorists 2012-05-31T16:36:47Z Flowers were the sappy bluebells she had pulled, white-stalked and squeaking, from the banks, receiving a penny for them—but not in exchange. Mushroom Town 2012-04-21T02:00:25.923Z Silence came on by degrees, like a calm snow storm, till nothing was heard but a cricket under the hearth, keeping tune with a sappy yellow birch forestick. The Portland Sketch Book 2012-03-28T02:00:28.847Z Mr. Hunt calls the mural “sappy,” historically insignificant and hardly in keeping with his planned décor. City Room: Trying to Save a Mural 2012-02-26T20:10:06Z Their fairytale romance — George Romney is said to have brought his wife a rose every day of their married life — later became the stuff of sappy campaign profiles. The Long Run: Political Lessons, From a Mother?s Losing Run 2012-02-24T03:51:32Z Only a day or two before he had struck his hatchet into one of them, and concluded from its soft white sappy rind that it would not provide fit timber for his boat. With Drake on the Spanish Main 2012-02-20T03:00:17.357Z She has proved herself to have been honestly put together of seasoned timber, and not of sappy rubbish. The Cruise of the 'Alerte' The narrative of a search for treasure on the desert island of Trinidad 2012-02-17T03:00:29.247Z The result is closer to Ringo Starr’s “Sentimental Journey” from 1970, which also covered the Dixon-Henderson composition “Bye Bye Blackbird” and other sappy ballads liked by the drummer’s mom. Madonna’s Disco Groove Thumps On, McCartney Sends Valentine: CDs 2012-02-08T07:01:08Z I don’t want to open with two decrepit, sappy cows. City Room: Trying to Save a Mural 2012-02-26T20:10:06Z The Post, concluding in a front-page headline that the Patriots don’t have a prayer, snapped up the email, calling it “disgustingly sappy” and a “Hail Mary” attempt to help her “pretty boy hubby.” Gisele Bundchen reportedly asks friends, family to pray for Tom Brady 2012-02-02T16:56:46Z He knew that its sappy wood would burn with difficulty, but it would do to make the rest of the fuel last longer—possibly, with the most parsimonious care, even till sunrise. Hoof and Claw 2012-01-28T03:00:27.507Z When these rich and sappy hours were over, the baes said to them: “You have eaten well and drunk well, I want seven florins.” The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere 2011-12-10T03:00:17.800Z There will be too many of them, they will not get light enough, their growth will be weak and sappy, and they will not form fruit buds. Dwarf Fruit Trees Their propagation, pruning, and general management, adapted to the United States and Canada 2011-11-17T03:00:30.320Z All this seems amusing to the young man; what sappy and goody-goody fashions those were. Studies in Medi?val Life and Literature 2011-10-29T02:00:13.050Z Making a film about a deadly disease, then adding in strong comedic elements as "50/50" does, would seem to be a recipe either to offend with its audacity or insult with a sappy portrayal. Cancer survivors find their truth in film 2011-10-14T19:05:04Z The silence was absolutely ghostly, except when now and then a bullock would give a big long sigh, or a sappy stick in the fire would crack and hiss. The Outspan Tales of South Africa 2011-08-31T02:01:41.410Z The boldest came within a hundred and twenty yards of me, while the others shot some dozen arrows at me, some of which wounded the sappy cactuses around me. The Backwoodsman or, Life on the Indian Frontier 2011-08-17T02:00:27.330Z You got the woman with the Coach purse and the bad case of post nasal drip sitting next to me sniffling her way through a sappy David Baldacci novel. Anonymous - 1, BART Riders - 0 2011-08-15T17:50:16Z Not the sappy words, but the rhythms that this new band, the Beatles, was producing. His long-unseen Beatles photos offer Mike Mitchell a step back into the light 2011-08-14T23:00:00Z He kept me from forgetting my Scottish tongue, and there was never a day that he did not supply me with some phrase sappy with mother wit and drowned in Scotland. A Tatter of Scarlet Adventurous Episodes of the Commune in the Midi 1871 2011-08-04T02:00:19.957Z They liked the same sappy songs that float over from Iran. Afghans Rage at Young Lovers; A Father Says Kill Them Both 2011-07-31T00:20:24Z Care should be taken to see that all knots and sappy streaks shall be covered with a coat of orange shellac. Advanced Toy Making for Schools 2011-07-24T02:00:09.413Z And Jon bats down compliments as reflexively as many women do, repeatedly telling his wife, "Don't be too sappy," as she's praising him. The Cool Kid 2011-05-12T09:20:00Z A plaque in the town apparently bears a rather sappy poem the officer wrote in nostalgia of his time spent marshaling its wilds. On the Ground in Abbottabad 2011-05-03T09:30:41Z So leave it to guys such as Donnie Nelson and Antonio Daniels to get all sappy and sentimental about the latest gender barrier shattered by the Hall of Famer known as "Lady Magic." Lieberman near playoffs in 1st season coaching men 2011-04-01T21:38:20Z I don't want to make it sound sappy, but it was. Pitcher Tom Wilhelmsen completes improbable comeback by landing Mariners spot 2011-03-30T02:10:05Z Several gunboats were also built there, and early in May, their sappy timbers yet reeking with woodsy odors, the new craft dropped down the river to join the fleet at the Buttonwoods. Vermont A Study of Independence 2011-03-17T02:00:13.130Z The ineffable sappy green of spring everywhere sets and embowers it. Doctor Cupid 2011-03-13T03:00:23.987Z But don't worry, this is not a sappy list of inspirational quotes. Nine Lessons from Dr. Seuss, Birthday Boy 2011-02-17T04:40:00Z There is so much water in green wood that a sappy pole will soon sink when set afloat. Wood and Forest 2011-03-01T03:00:42.647Z Girard donated the boat to Mooney, who rechristened it the Never Give Up — a sappy name, but one fitting its owner. NYC rower tries for third time to cross Atlantic 2011-02-26T19:37:12Z And you thought you hated this sappy holiday more than anyone. Flowers and Candy? Nyet: Russian Province Nixes Valentine's Day 2011-02-10T17:35:00Z It is not especially valuable for timber, because it is too sappy. On Canada's Frontier Sketches of History, Sport, and Adventure and of the Indians, Missionaries, Fur-traders, and Newer Settlers of Western Canada 2011-02-09T03:00:51.093Z Without getting all sappy, Toyota presented the Prius as a historic breakthrough in automotive history — which is exactly what it was. Dissecting Chevy Volt's Super Bowl Commercial 2011-02-07T03:13:44Z The second Australian innings was an important part of those preparations for the first had been played out on a sappy pitch that offered the bowlers a lot. England seal dominant Australia A win 2010-11-20T10:04:00Z I don't want to be sappy, but he's the nicest guy. Ryder Cup 2010: Beer and shopping the winners at soggy Celtic Manor 2010-10-01T19:36:00Z With seven seniors laying claim to the title by compiling A-plus averages, no one wanted to sit through a solid half-hour of inspirational quotations and sappy memories. At Some High Schools, Multiple Valedictorians 2010-06-26T17:11:00Z Pitches tend to be sappy, there is night chill and dew fall, they dart around a little too much for the comfort of batsmen and rarely turn. Ajmal Shahzad all set for debut as England look to the future 2010-06-04T05:00:00Z Pitches are sappy and the outfields lush, so that the shine stays deep and rosy. Warwicks swingers give hope to Anderson 2010-04-15T18:59:00Z In a few minutes out he came to join his brothers or sisters who were already feasting on young sappy trees. Canadian Wilds Tells About the Hudson's Bay Company, Northern Indians and Their Modes of Hunting, Trapping, Etc. Probably for plucking some trashy flower, or, at the worst, looking twice at some sappy freshman acquaintance waving his hand from a frat house. The Haunted Pajamas Palms should be watered as regularly, though not so often, as more sappy plants. Small Gardens and How to Make the Most of Them Growth made in warm valleys is more sappy. Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens "Wi' sappy unction, has he burkes The hopes O' men that trust in works." The Bible Story Smooth pillars of old cheese And sappy bacon props Alternate ranged; Stately beams of mellow cream, White posts of real curds Kept up the house. Ancient Irish Poetry He's a poet—a sappy, slushy, milk and water poet. Side-stepping with Shorty If you had a stack of almanacs as high as a hoss-rack, you couldn't pick out the year she was young and sappy. Free Joe and Other Georgian Sketches An over-vigorous, sappy growth, often the result of a wet, warm autumn or too rich a soil, is certainly detrimental to autumn colouring. Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens I call them trees for the bigness, but in truth they were just big weeds, and sappy to cut through like carrot. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 17 (of 25) If you was to pick one o’ they—which would be a sin, sir—and stick your teeth into it, you’d find it hard and tasting sappy like chewed leaves.” The Vast Abyss The Story of Tom Blount, his Uncles and his Cousin Sam He looked the other way and ate as fast as he could, to close his eyes to the spectacle of any one spoiling the sappy swede greens with nauseous vinegar. Amaryllis at the Fair Then we came out in a glen that cut far into the mountains, full of the laughter of falling water and the rustle of sappy foliage. Rosinante to the Road Again Young and sappy shoots get killed back in winter. Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens The soil, of incredible fertility, still poured forth those gigantic tree grasses, and colossal, sappy ferns and psuedo-palms, which had flourished chiefly in the carboniferous period. In the Morning of Time If the immature, sappy wood is caught by an early frost, severe injury may result. The Pecan and its Culture The rough bark of the she-oak and its soft sappy wood . Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia Between himself and its slender birches lay piled amidst the parched and dusty grass, and the first courses of a wooden building, rank with the smell of sappy timber, already stood in front of him. The Cattle-Baron's Daughter Spring ’s at the core, The boughs are sappy: Good to be happy So long, long before! Victorian Songs Lyrics of the Affections and Nature But there in the jungle everything that was hard enough was crooked or gnarled, everything that was straight enough was soft and sappy. In the Morning of Time The weight of sapwood or the sappy, peripheral part of our common lumber woods is always great, whether cut in winter or summer. Seasoning of Wood Hermy may be the mushiest, sappiest, hen brained specimen of a man you ever saw; but when it comes to being a high class grand opera barytone, he’s the kid! Odd Numbers Being Further Chronicles of Shorty McCabe And from over in the low ground came the "sqush" of the cows as they strode through the rank and sappy clover. The Jucklins A Novel Like all of its kindred, the Bubble Bug finds Nirvana in a sappy green stem. Edge of the Jungle The cambial region was grayish-black and the inner bark was sappy and greenish-brown. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Seventh Annual Report Wooster, Ohio, September 3, 4, 5, 1946 WEBER: When the stock is sappy wouldn't the sap jam the edges of the plane and roughen the bark? Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 13th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. September, 7, 8 and 9, 1922 In the walnut and other sappy trees, however, the splice graft out on the small limbs did better. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Fourteenth Annual Meeting Washington D.C. September 26, 27 and 28 1923 The cambium in these vigorous, sappy shoots is in the most active condition possible; just the condition most suitable for the union of stock and scion. Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Fourth Annual Meeting Washington D.C. November 18 and 19, 1913 The marks of the knife were still fresh upon it, the bark so soft and sappy that it must have been cut from the living plant within the hour. The Justice of the King She took a handful of the sappy, shut, striped flames. The Lost Girl To cut or break the sappy stems and foliage would be only to court prompt disaster without the use of adequate poison masks. The Heart of Unaga For in their centre lies the sink, ever open, and the floors are sappy with uncleanliness. Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War In our top-working experiments this fact was further emphasized by a windstorm which broke off many of the sappy shoots just above where the bud was put on. Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Fourth Annual Meeting Washington D.C. November 18 and 19, 1913 The plants being set out on high land are extremely seldom inundated, and a conflagration could not spread far amongst green leaves and sappy petioles. The Philippine Islands Tree growth was thus pushed on into late fall; the trees were too sappy to stand the winter freezes and suffered from winter killing. Northern Nut Growers Association Thirty-Fourth Annual Report 1943 Just a plain, stout, fozy, sappy burrow-man, keeping a gospel shop, with scarcely so much of a man's parts as will let him fend a blow in the face. John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn The railroad track was about a mile from the house, and the whole country, hereabout, was sappy, dank, and almost barren. Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War It is all, my General, we get from life and knowledge—a very thin and apparently meaningless and altogether monotonous squeak upon a sappy stem. Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure As she explained her lot in life Patsy was peeling and eating a sappy root of rush which she had plucked. Patsy Then sow a cover crop of rye, cow peas or soy beans to take up moisture, slow up growth and prevent the late sappy condition that is often responsible for winter injury. Northern Nut Growers Association Thirty-Fourth Annual Report 1943 Talking sappy to an endless stream of silly women, palming off on them such useless junk as this! Shorty McCabe on the Job He noted that the leaves, which at noon had been green and sappy, with only a slight crumpling of their edges, were now grey and curled into tight scrolls, crackling as he brushed them aside. Fort Amity A handsome old boy he was, ruddy, hale, with the zest of a juicy old apple, slightly withered but still sappy. Gigolo I have known them even in December to be still sappy. Northern Nut Growers Report of the Proceedings at the Twenty-First Annual Meeting Cedar Rapids, Iowa, September 17, 18, and 19, 1930 When a tree goes into the winter with sappy wood, it is injured, and we say it is not hardy. Northern Nut Growers Association Thirty-Fourth Annual Report 1943 But he had no five sisters to make a sappy tearoom manager out of him. Shorty McCabe on the Job "What do you mean by sappy?" asked the clerk indignantly. Now or Never The Adventures of Bobby Bright That is the way I avoid the winter killing of the sappy growth. Northern Nut Growers Association, Report Of The Proceedings At The Tenth Annual Meeting. Battle Creek, Michigan, December 9 and 10, 1919 There is a vulgar pretentiousness about what we may call the sappy style of work which is very undesirable. Scientific American, Volume XXIV., No. 12, March 18, 1871 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures. If you wish to be healthful, sappy, strong, wish to attain any desirable thing, it is to be bound not in defiance of the laws of the universe, but in loving and tender obedience. Our Unitarian Gospel Yet boughs turn supple and buds grow sappy, As though the sun were indeed the sun: And all our woods are happy With all their birds save one. A Dark Month From Swinburne's Collected Poetical Works Vol. V The trees waked up and grew with such speed that many of them made a sappy growth where they had been manured, and a very cold spell early in the winter killed 100 of them. Northern Nut Growers Association, report of the proceedings at the sixth annual meeting Rochester, New York, September 1 and 2, 1915 Dr. Morris: If the sappy tip dies, it poisons the rest. Northern Nut Growers Association, Report Of The Proceedings At The Tenth Annual Meeting. Battle Creek, Michigan, December 9 and 10, 1919 In applying the polish, which should be done immediately after oiling, the rubber should be made rather sappy with thin polish, and worked without oil. French Polishing and Enamelling A Practical Work of Instruction The old maples are even now scarred with the rude cuts you gave them in sappy March. Dream Life A Fable Of The Seasons The withes with which she was bound were green and sappy. The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume I (of 2), 1866-1868 And maples! how their sappy hearts would gush Broad troughs of syrup, when the winter bush Steamed with the sugar-kettle, day and night, And all the snow was streaked with firelight. Myth and Romance Being a Book of Verses Sometimes for winter protection of the English walnut as far north as Michigan your tip might kill back because it grows so very fast and is sappy. Northern Nut Growers Association, Report Of The Proceedings At The Tenth Annual Meeting. Battle Creek, Michigan, December 9 and 10, 1919 The grotesque, which was one expression of this sappy vigor, was abhorrent to Addison. A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century "What do you mean by sappy?" asked the clerk, indignantly. Now or Never The advice to go in largely for fruit ignores the fact of our steamy damp climate, which encourages sappy growth, disease and those insects which are so numerous in Japan. The Foundations of Japan Notes Made During Journeys Of 6,000 Miles In The Rural Districts As A Basis For A Sounder Knowledge Of The Japanese People Old forests, where the gnarly oak stands regnant Bristling with twigs that still repullulate, And, swoln with spring, with sappy sweetness pregnant, The maple blushes with its leafy weight. Myth and Romance Being a Book of Verses The White Linen Nurse's nostrils were smooth and calm with the lovely sappy scent of rabbit-nibbled maple bark and mud-wet arbutus buds. The White Linen Nurse Green and blue was that fairyland, warm with the sun and redolent of the sea and the sappy fragrance of sun-bathed foliage. The Adventure Club Afloat Their skies are no longer golden, but blue, and flecked with cloudlets and alive with birds; wood and meadow shine in sappy green; fantastic rocks lie about, and the plains are bounded by low hills. The Development of the Feeling for Nature in the Middle Ages and Modern Times "Wha else?" said Tammock, reaching forward to get a light for his pipe from the hearth where a little glowing knot had fallen, puffing out sappy wheezes as it burned. Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 All sappy as maples and flat as a prairie. The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell This pedigree the old soldier took care to explain to every one about him, more particularly to the sappy youths aforementioned. The Firm of Girdlestone The fragment there printed maybe freely rendered as follows:— The borage is full sappy, And clusters red we see, And my love would make me happy; So that maiden give to me. The Decameron, Volume II He cut down one of the smoothest, sappiest branches with which to make whistles. Dorian He had sat under him all his life, and was sappy with his teaching. Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 Something so jaded in her that she thought it long dead, was stirring sappily, as if with springtime. The Vertical City Water does not flow out of boards and timbers of its own accord, but must be evaporated, though it may be forced out of very sappy specimens by heat. The Mechanical Properties of Wood Including a Discussion of the Factors Affecting the Mechanical Properties, and Methods of Timber Testing Above it the lovage extends its sappy stalk, while higher still the Virgin's tears hang out their rosy tendrils. Liza "A nest of nobles" She dug, she clipped, she explored, inhaling, with little thrills, the faint mounting odour of forest loam and sappy stems. Ailsa Paige Joe could think of nothing to say that wasn't sappy, so he said nothing. Joe Burke's Last Stand All sorts of great sappy stalks of unknown plants barred the way and tangled the foot; and there were boggy places into which one sank horribly. The Blue Lagoon: a romance I call them trees for the bigness, but in truth they were just big weeds, and sappy to cut through like carrot. Island Nights' Entertainments For Gholson, despite the sappy fetor of his mental temperament, had abilities that made him almost a private secretary to the General. The Cavalier Yet the yielding sky, Invincible vacancy, was there discovered— Though piled-up bricks should pulp the sappy balks, Weight generate a secrecy of heat, Cankerous charring, crevices' fronds of flame. Georgian Poetry 1911-12 Quickly grown and sappy timber, sour paste, stale size, and wall papers containing injurious pigments are more easily attacked, and far more likely to fill the house with bad smells and a subtile poison. Scientific American Supplement, No. 384, May 12, 1883 He was a good deal of a character, and much better company than the sappy literature he was selling. Life on the Mississippi, Part 5. I swear and promise that, in what I can, I will preserve it sappy, full of juice, and as well victualled for her use as may be. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3 And, like to that horn of abundance, it was still gallant, succulent, droppy, sappy, pithy, lively, always flourishing, always fructifying, full of juice, full of flower, full of fruit, and all manner of delight. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 1 And maples! how their sappy hearts would pour Rude troughs of syrup, when the winter hoar Steamed with the sugar-kettle, day and night, And, red, the snow was streaked with firelight. Poems East and west are different; like the green, sappy leaf, and grayish white sea-weed on the sea shore. O. T. a Danish Romance Above on the cliff stood huge sappy pines. Tales of the Wilderness The pith is soft, spongy and somewhat sappy. Outlines of Lessons in Botany, Part I; from Seed to Leaf Ugly sappy plants, it was true, mostly bur-marigolds, that look like a nettle with brown flowers, which is ugly because flowers should be white, yellow, blue or red. In Midsummer Days, and Other Tales Their fingers were stained and sticky from touching buds and crushing young sappy leaves and grass stalks. Three Soldiers You cannot have a rank, sappy race, like the English or the German, without plenty of moisture in the air and in the soil. Locusts and Wild Honey You will mount the scaffold, and while the great concourse stand uncovered in your presence, you will read your sappy little speech which the minister has written for you. Sketches New and Old, Part 4. As the sun warmed the ground, the sappy perfume of tree and fern and grass mounted, scenting the pure, cool air with warm and balm-like odours. The Hidden Children Why was I such a sappy as not to hurry here the first day I set foot on shore! A Changed Man; and other tales At long intervals a little breeze ran through the corn like a swift serpent, bringing to the nostrils the sappy smell of the growing corn. Main-Travelled Roads Somewhere a storm was gathering, but only a small cloud had scattered some raindrops lightly, sprinkling the road and the sappy leaves. War and Peace Wild oats and mustard were springing already in the broken furrows, and lank vines were slimily spreading over a few scattered but still unseasoned and sappy shingles. Susy, a story of the Plains My throat and tongue and whole body have often been parched and feverish dry with this measureless thirst, and again moist to the fingers' ends like a sappy bough. The Story of My Heart An Autobiography The hot air was steeped in strong sappy perfumes, which made one's head swim. Creatures That Once Were Men The old oak, quite transfigured, spreading out a canopy of sappy dark-green foliage, stood rapt and slightly trembling in the rays of the evening sun. War and Peace |
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