Sentence examples for seems corny from inspiring English sources
The swoony intensity makes a certain sense in the context of Hasidic Brooklyn, but seems corny when exposed to the air of the wider world.
In the 1980's, Wilmarth joined Brancusian head-shaped glass bulbs to more textured reliefs, seeking a humanist dimension that seems corny in retrospect.
If this seems corny, then seize opportunities to go beyond a perfunctory thank you email — after having been invited to dinner or after spending time with a friend, write a heartfelt note.
Unlike Paul Osborn's Morning's at Seven, the other 1930s masterpiece of small-town Americana, Our Town has become so familiar from countless stagings in regional and community theatres that it seems corny and trite, although its optimism has always had a dark streak.
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"Tommy says it all the time, and it seems corny at times, but he says, 'We all have to get on one end of the rope,' " Mattingly said.
Unsentimental in its combat scenes, Mr. German's script, which he adapted from his father's wartime reportage, seems cornier than need be.
It seemed corny and retrogressive then.
To western eyes, some of SHINee's aesthetics may seem corny.
Mr. Lauren's collection, had it been shown before Sept. 11, might have seemed corny.
A walk along Broadway toward Central Park even seemed corny at times.
