Sentence examples for corny for from inspiring English sources

The phrase "corny for" can be used in written English.
It is commonly used to describe something that is clichéd or overly sentimental. It is usually used in a negative connotation. Example: The love letter that John wrote to Jane was too corny for my taste.

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Coming out seemed too corny for me.

There is no success story too corny for Mr. Hartman.

Too corny for a man of my taste.

Y'all are corny for attempting to normalize Sean Spicer.

The intervening voice was simple, almost corny, for it felt so good: Belong to this.

"You Faded," Chavez (1995) The band apparently deemed this song too "corny" for inclusion on a regular album.

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"Value" presents Van as her own individual by taking what we know about her (her job in education and penchant for "corny" guys, for instance) and expands it while simultaneously expanding her world, all delivered in one of the funniest episodes of the season.

In vain I searched the mugs, hanging on hooks from the bottom of a cabinet, for the names of favorite vacation spots, for bits of corny wisdom, for testimonials or messages from co-workers or grandchildren.

It also makes for a fun, if corny, conceit for some stiff-jointed rapping.

He is forty-four and has a fleshy, boyish face and a penchant for corny cashier humor — for example, he likes to ask gray-bearded bikers for i.d.

Early in the life of the Obama administration we were treated to one of those cheesy "made-for-TV" moments that was just about too corny even for our exalted medium.

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