Noun : a movie plot of the most shameless treacle. From Dictionary.com.
To describe most of them as "treacly" would be kind (take this one, for example). From Wordnik.com. [Calvin and Susie get it on, displeasing stuffed tigers everywhere | Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources – Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment] Reference
Besides, you're positively glowing already and it could get kind of treacly for your friends and colleagues there for a while. From Wordnik.com. [If you were getting married, would you want a wedding?] Reference
Shake it and treacly black rain obscures everything. From Wordnik.com. [Diary] Reference
In the treacly light, that beautiful pale body conquered me. From Wordnik.com. [A Rude Awakening]
Perfect Dickens, without the treacly protagonist of "Bleak House.". From Wordnik.com. [David Rakoff] Reference
The crew nicknamed him "Barney" after the treacly purple dinosaur. From Wordnik.com. [Firestorm]
Lynn Munsinger's books are great and funny, again not too treacly. From Wordnik.com. [swiper, stop swiping!] Reference
Max reserves his treacly progressivism for non-Muslim lands abroad. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
I ran harder, into the treacly resistance of animate evil laughter. From Wordnik.com. [She Is The Darkness]
It's all so warm and chummy and treacly, it's giving me a toothache. From Wordnik.com. [Obama Campaign Manager Hints Clinton Camp Has "Pattern" Of Questioning Obama's Patriotism] Reference
As I told Greg last night, save your treacly trope for Gravel's supporters. From Wordnik.com. [Obama: Hillary Voters Will Support Me When I'm Nominee] Reference
The singing frequently redeems a treacly turn of phrase or a maudlin melody. From Wordnik.com. [Ricky Skaggs: A 'Mosaic' Of Modesty, Openness] Reference
The others plodded on with the groaning sledge over a thick treacly surface. From Wordnik.com. [The Greatest Survival Stories Ever Told]
This is like a white treacly oil, very refreshing but not so delicate as balsam. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary] Reference
In the end, perhaps the Canadians paid a price for skating to the treacly "Love Story.". From Wordnik.com. [Ire And Ice] Reference
Most new American books that deal with religious figures are treacly, saccharine schlock. From Wordnik.com. [Mark Oppenheimer: Chabon's Most Interesting Novel Yet] Reference
His taste runs to nothing but Prussian marches, treacly waltzes and bits out of Fledermaus. From Wordnik.com. [Castles of Steel]
Others, such as the treacly "Colors of the Wind" from "Pocahontas," are downright regrettable. From Wordnik.com. [Stop the Music: Oscar Misses the Melody] Reference
The singer gets lost in Riley's choppy grooves, fully surfacing only for the treacly slow jams. From Wordnik.com. [Superstars And Super Hype To The Rescue] Reference
QUOTATION: One woman who managed to corner him, the story runs, said in a treacly gushing voice. From Wordnik.com. [Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1874-1965)] Reference
The resulting brew, very strong and rather treacly, was the most revivifying drink in the world. From Wordnik.com. [The Key to Rebecca]
In fact, my response to these treacly images may be deep-wired into my neurons, and for good reason. From Wordnik.com. [Those Were the Days] Reference
Really, Susan, from you I expect a more rigorous intellectual analysis this treacly old cods-wallop!. From Wordnik.com. [Giving evidence to the Chilcot inquiry, Tony Blair said: “I...] Reference
Into this void has flowed a treacly concoction that rarely rises above the level of a schoolgirl's diary. From Wordnik.com. [Put Down That Poem Before You Kill Yourself] Reference
One full viewing was enough - after that it was zapped by the remote after the first treacly musical note. From Wordnik.com. [Anne Z. Boxer: Most Depressing Ad of 2009] Reference
I'd much prefer a heartfelt "Happy Holidays" to this faux-inclusive, hodgepodge of treacly meaninglessness. From Wordnik.com. [Cathleen Falsani: Do Whateveryouwannukah? Why I Won't Be Fa-la-la-la-la-ing In To The Gap This Holiday Season (VIDEO)] Reference
The unexpected encore of "Something Good" from The Sound of Music, of all treacly things, just about comes off. From Wordnik.com. [Here's to the Lady Who Jumps: Elaine Stritch at the Public] Reference
All along the covered path to the guest suite, the microphones pick up his treacly dirge about virtue's triumph. From Wordnik.com. [the mission song]
And I felt like I was prostituting my writing skills to write treacly copy about snack foods and beauty products. From Wordnik.com. [From Barack to Heath to Sarah: My Obligatory List of 2008's WTF Moments] Reference
And beyond that, what could be more incompatible with John's fighting spirit than the treacly Kumbayah approach of Obama?. From Wordnik.com. [Hillary On Edwards: I'm Reaching Out To His Supporters] Reference
By linking "Camelot" to the Kennedy years, a treacly legend was launched, obscuring the unsentimental truth about the era. From Wordnik.com. [The Family's Real Legacy] Reference
He implied that my “treacly effusion” meant “China got Americans to say things that would have been unseemly anywhere else.”. From Wordnik.com. [Tesla’s Elon Musk Calls NY Times Writer Stross “A Huge Douchebag…And An Idiot”] Reference
The right side of the heart was dilated, and filled with dark treacly-looking blood; and when washed, it appeared pale and bloodless. From Wordnik.com. [An Investigation into the Nature of Black Phthisis or Ulceration Induced by Carbonaceous Accumulation in the Lungs of Coal Miners] Reference
And that kind of talk can start to sound pretty treacly, but you can't have an episode where Homer sells Bart, or harvests his organs. From Wordnik.com. [Simpson Family Values] Reference
Personally, I didn't even remember the song, which falls into the treacly positivity of "Man In The Mirror" and "Heal The World" tunes. From Wordnik.com. [Michael Giltz: American Idol -- Lucky 13: The Results Are In] Reference
She performed a gut-wrenching (if treacly) ballad from Les Miz about a life without love, but showed no emotional connection to the song. From Wordnik.com. [Jonathan Tolins: The Boyle Next Door] Reference
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