How to Use campy in a Sentence

campy

adjective

• And what in the name of all things campy was in Lady Gaga's wagon?
  — Vogue, 13 May 2019
• The movie is campy, offbeat, and now available to rent.
  — WIRED, 11 Feb. 2023
• While the singer has had a new haircut, he's added a campy ’80s mustache.
  — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 10 Sep. 2019
• What tumbles forth from this premise is a wild, campy romp.
  — The New York Review of Books, 2 Mar. 2019
• Also: Don’t miss the Whacky Shack, a classic and campy dark ride.
  — Susan Glaser, cleveland, 25 June 2020
• But the real star here is Black, who ups the theatrics to an 11 in a way that is both campy and creepy.
  — Jennifer M. Wood, WIRED, 28 June 2019
• Yup, let that campy gravitas and pain sink in for a minute.
  — D. Elizabeth, Teen Vogue, 29 Aug. 2018
• Truth be told, the movie looks suitably stylish, with Stone having a campy and kinky blast.
  — Scott Mendelson, Forbes, 8 Apr. 2021
• Here, catch up on every single campy look from the 2019 Met Gala.
  — Glamour, 6 May 2019
• The result, then, was Darkman; this movie is weird, twisted, campy, and fun in a lot of ways.
  — Evan Romano, Men's Health, 25 May 2022
• In the short clip, Chalamet is seen riding on the back of a truck, singing to a campy backing track.
  — Zoe Haylock, Vulture, 13 Oct. 2021
• It was criticized for being campy in all the wrong ways and lacking the edge with which the first three films thrived.
  — Ryan Parker, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Feb. 2020
• But all this campy extravagance could not hold off the specter of war.
  — Rhonda Garelick, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2023
• Yet over the years, this campy horror film has become a cult favorite.
  — Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 30 Sep. 2022
• Michelle Pfeiffer, Maxwell Caulfield, and more look back on the campy 1982 sequel.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 5 Apr. 2023
• And so the host pulled a lever that played context-free clips that were campy, confusing, dark, or all three.
  — Dan Snierson, EW.com, 24 June 2021
• To give this palette a modern spin, err on the side of earth tones as opposed to the bright, campy colors of decades past.
  — Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2023
• The overall effect is a bit campy: Les Trocks within the frame instead of en pointe.
  — Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Apr. 2018
• At times it was done to comic effect, and today has come to be seen as more than a tad campy.
  — John Petkovic, cleveland.com, 12 Jan. 2018
• There are plain ones, cute ones, funny ones, campy ones, ones with dicks printed on them.
  — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 19 July 2021
• This rom-comic ad-movie is campy, but not camp in the strict Sontagian sense.
  — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 14 Dec. 2020
• It’s a fun, harmless movie — a campy, playful homage to femme fatales.
  — New York Times, 9 Jan. 2021
• In a fit of campy brilliance, Jackman and Miguel locked hands and eyes for a bit of salsa dancing.
  — Joey Guerra, Houston Chronicle, 18 June 2019
• Interview is just as campy, and Louis and Lestat bone before the end of the pilot.
  — WIRED, 8 Oct. 2022
• Some come for the glamorous runways, some come for the campy and fun challenges, and some just love seeing drag on TV.
  — Stephen Daw, Billboard, 2 July 2018
• All elements of the production add to the campy, zany enjoyment of the show.
  — Theodore P. Mahne, NOLA.com, 8 May 2018
• Part of what's drawn fans to Roan is her energetic and campy live shows, which come with dress codes and themes.
  — Daniela Avila, Peoplemag, 17 Sep. 2024
• Champagne before noon, the works) and add a drag show (lip-synching, campy makeup, and of course, drag queens).
  — Nico Avalle, Bon Appétit, 22 June 2022
• That a musical doesn’t have to be breezy and carefree, nor campy and dated.
  — New York Times, 16 Feb. 2022
• The murderer has a campy sensibility of their own, staging crime scenes with dolls and gramophone lullabies that are both unsubtle clues to the killer’s identity and also a reflection of the director’s own sensibility.
  — Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 17 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 29 Dec 2024