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Recent Examples of campy
Fox’s red carpet look was, of course, something campy and funny because that’s her style.
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Aamina Inayat Khan, StyleCaster, 3 Feb. 2025
That’s no doubt because their contributions to this equally campy and earnest musical signal a truly collaborative endeavor.
—Manuel Betancourt, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2024
The opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics was a campy explosion of French culture that even pouring rain couldn’t dampen as 85 boats carrying athletes from 205 delegations puttered down the Seine to rapturous applause from an enthusiastic crowd.
—Tess Demeyer, The Athletic, 26 July 2024
With a few shakes, edible glitter can turn nearly any food into a festive, even campy, feast.
—Karen Yuan, Bon Appétit, 2 Dec. 2024
See All Example Sentences for campy
Aamina Inayat Khan, StyleCaster, 3 Feb. 2025
That’s no doubt because their contributions to this equally campy and earnest musical signal a truly collaborative endeavor.
—Manuel Betancourt, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2024
The opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics was a campy explosion of French culture that even pouring rain couldn’t dampen as 85 boats carrying athletes from 205 delegations puttered down the Seine to rapturous applause from an enthusiastic crowd.
—Tess Demeyer, The Athletic, 26 July 2024
With a few shakes, edible glitter can turn nearly any food into a festive, even campy, feast.
—Karen Yuan, Bon Appétit, 2 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for campy
Adjective
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Among his electronic competitors was Thomas, a foppish, rail-thin twentysomething with a penchant for provocatively unbuttoned silk shirts, and who spoke nonchalantly about Gaussian functions, Faraday’s law of induction, and something called the hysteresis curve.—
Matthew Sherrill,
Harper's Magazine,
19 Feb. 2025
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And then that version of Nosferatu fell apart, and Bill was cast in The Northman as this sort of foppish cousin of Alexander Skarsgård.—
Matt Zoller Seitz,
Vulture,
14 Jan. 2025
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Reading ‘Inner Excellence?’ There have been a deluge of jokey comments and memes regarding the event.—
Callum Booth,
Forbes,
13 Jan. 2025
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The foursome then all get a chance to sing together and have some fun with it, leading to a jokey moment when Chenoweth slaps her hand over Grande's mouth to keep her from overshadowing her.—
Megan McCluskey,
TIME,
22 Nov. 2024
Adjective
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This neon green swimsuit is the epitome of all of these elements, with a playful cutout across the torso and a high-cut waist to flash some skin.—
Madison Yauger,
People.com,
23 Feb. 2025
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Transitioning to the playful if immature Roxster in Mad About the Boy was a breath of fresh air for Woodall.—
Kalia Richardson,
Rolling Stone,
22 Feb. 2025
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The sappy Lifetime original is just the latest in the chain's social media marketing strategy.—
Tasha Tsiaperas,
Axios,
21 Feb. 2025
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Hardly a masterpiece and certainly not a sappy, populist embarrassment, The Shawshank Redemption is simply a solid, good movie — an assessment that will probably annoy people in both camps.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
21 Feb. 2025
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In fact, Bille Brahe has been spending more time in the city as of late, recently opening her first U.S. store on the Upper East Side, bringing the full expression of her whimsical work Stateside.—
Thomas Waller,
WWD,
6 Mar. 2025
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At first glance, however, Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, with its whimsical magic and fantastical elements, is an unlikely fit for Soviet children’s literature, which favored themes of hard work and collective struggle over wish fulfillment and enchantment.—
Christin Bohnke,
JSTOR Daily,
5 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The show is bolstered by a panel of five hosts — one of them a former contestant, introduced as an emcee in season three — offering witty commentary and analysis.—
Lily Ford,
The Hollywood Reporter,
28 Feb. 2025
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Buck is a loquacious, glad-handing oaf who has a boring way with a witty story, and is marked for death.—
Fred Schruers,
IndieWire,
27 Feb. 2025
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Albee's 1962 play won a Tony Award, and would have also won a Pulitzer Prize for drama, if the prissy trustees of Columbia University hadn't overruled the jury.—
Jim Higgins,
Journal Sentinel,
24 Jan. 2023
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Some of that’s changing times, some of that is because a not-insignificant portion of W.A.S.P. fans are prissy suburbanites themselves.—
Andy O'Connor,
SPIN,
13 Jan. 2023
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Bini, whose jocular banter is only upended by his ability to carefully listen and practically intervene, helps people struggling with fertility as well as with their gender transition.—
Ritesh Mehta,
IndieWire,
31 Jan. 2025
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The interviews were jocular, an approach that seemed tactless, given the film’s subject matter.—
Doreen St. Félix,
The New Yorker,
13 Jan. 2025
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“Campy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/campy. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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