as in dreamy
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Recent Examples of moony
Malinauskas opened the second box, which contained a Bell & Ross Regulateur with a big, moony face and a stainless-steel bezel.
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Susan Orlean, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2019
Yet, Bronson still stood out, with his alternately creepy and moony portrayal of a man biding his time dating Wood’s mother while vying for the younger woman’s attention.
—Carla Meyer, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Feb. 2018
Susan Orlean, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2019
Yet, Bronson still stood out, with his alternately creepy and moony portrayal of a man biding his time dating Wood’s mother while vying for the younger woman’s attention.
—Carla Meyer, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Feb. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for moony
Adjective
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When Union arrived to last year’s Met Gala in a dreamy custom gown by Michael Kors.—
Robyn Mowatt,
Essence,
28 Jan. 2025
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The movie’s dreamy rhythms don’t always add up to much in the way of plot, but that’s rarely an interest for Bentley and Kwedar, who here are more invested in conjuring the sensations of subjectivity.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
26 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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How Taylor Swift fits into the legal battle between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni But the sweet, nostalgic jewelry also has a more personal meaning for Swift and the Kansas City Chiefs tight end.—
Lauren Huff,
EW.com,
29 Jan. 2025
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These aren’t the only items that will fill your kitchen with nostalgic charm.—
Alicia Geigel,
Southern Living,
29 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Their love story adds a sentimental layer that, in competing for narrative space, dilutes this send-up of American imperialism.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
The Hollywood Reporter,
26 Jan. 2025
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YouTube videos may offer sentimental types and younger curiosity seekers a means to luxuriate in the Old Way of Doing Things, but only a maniac would truly want to go back to that era.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
24 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Co-directed with Jewish Israeli filmmaker Yaron Shani, the movie paints a subtle picture of a society split along fissures religious, political, cultural, and economic, without ever chiding his characters or dipping into mawkish sentimentality.—
Scott Roxborough,
The Hollywood Reporter,
20 Sep. 2024
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And the hints for today’s groups are: Yellow group — leader or main thing Green group — these can be prickly Blue group — mawkish movies, perhaps Purple group — these have a limit, some might say What Are Today’s Connections Groups?—
Kris Holt,
Forbes,
15 Sep. 2024
Adjective
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But today, the saccharine days of corn sweeteners, like those produced by ADM, may be under siege.—
Mark Dent,
thehustle.co,
10 Jan. 2025
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There’s a lot of whimsy, but the cuteness is intertwined with tough stuff, too difficult to be saccharine.—
Caitlin Lovinger,
New York Times,
14 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Known for drippy paintings of words, phrases and geometric shapes, Pendleton will show his new paintings Composition and Movement, as well as a new single-channel video work, Resurrection City Revisited (Who Owns Geometry Anyway?).—
Roger Catlin,
Smithsonian Magazine,
15 Jan. 2025
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This is a newer direction for Devlin, who’s made drippy mirror frames and squiggly lamps, although much of his work does sit solidly in the world of feeling enchanted and otherworldly.—
Natalia Torija,
Curbed,
3 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Mulligan, meanwhile, brings her usual guest-star wattage, which shines brightly enough to counterbalance what might otherwise have been just a maudlin tale of lonely men and their music.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
26 Jan. 2025
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High points like these helped keep Better Man in my good graces even as the second half dips into excessively maudlin territory, as Williams wrestles with the strictures of fame.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
14 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Think of those that are difficult to pronounce on the back of a sugary cereal box, for example.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA TODAY,
26 Jan. 2025
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If low or moderate drinkers experience weight gain after eliminating alcohol, the expert said that’s most likely due to substituting drinking with snacking or sugary mocktails.—
Angelica Stabile,
Fox News,
24 Jan. 2025
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“Moony.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moony. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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