Sentence examples for be as corny from inspiring English sources

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The number may be "as corny as Kansas in August," to quote another phrase from "A Wonderful Guy".

In this wholesome, cheery land, nothing could be more desirable than to be as corny as Kansas in August and as normal as blueberry pie.

These two songs reminded you that there was a time in American culture when it was O.K. to be "as corny as Kansas in August" and to yearn for the bucolic.

And while the newer ads may be as corny as the original, they are not, by any standard measure, infomercials since they are only 30 seconds long and do not seek a direct response from consumers — namely that they call a toll-free number to order now ("while supplies last!").

By rights, these scenes should be as corny as hell, and yet they do the trick, as do Mike's exchanges, later on, with his co-worker Andrea Fleytas Gina Rodriguezz) and his boss, Jimmy Harrell Kurt Russelll), because the actors feel not just grounded but bedded down in their roles.

For all eternity, man will simultaneously be as corny and obstinate as a 72-year-old and as delusional as a six-year-old.

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The ads are as corny as they are low budget.

It is as corny as a plastic-wrapped fortune cookie.

"I'm as corny as Kansas in August," she exults.

"It's as corny as rhyming 'moon' with 'June'.

It's as corny as an Iowa summer, corny enough to make you weep.

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