Examples of 'treacle' in a sentence

Meaning of "treacle"

Treacle (noun): A sweet, sticky dark syrup made from refined sugar; used metaphorically to describe something overly sentimental or cloying. Example: The movie was filled with treacle, making it hard to watch
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  • A syrupy byproduct of sugar refining; molasses or golden syrup.
  • Cloying sentimental speech.
  • Sweetheart (from treacle tart).
  • Synonym of theriac: an antidote for poison, especially snakebite; a supposedly universal antidote.

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They taste like treacle wrapped in a doormat.
Treacle is another common type of concentrated sugar.
Nips are as thick as treacle pudding on that island.
The treacle that binds us all together.
Watch out for her treacle tart.
To drown in treacle is just as unpleasant as to drown in mud.
I have just put away the treacle.
Just some treacle with top tits.
Treacle want to be a computer programmer when he grows up.
You infused that night with treacle.
That treacle tart just hit the spot.
I thought honey was just treacle with bees in it.
Treacle tart and ice cream.
Imagine a long pipe lined with treacle.
Hopefully it involves treacle and a headmaster.

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Treacle with which that gentleman was plentifully besmeared.
The secret is to warm the treacle first.
Treacle is great for visual effects.
I am going to buy him a treacle tart tomorrow.
Usually followed by a little coda to cut the treacle.
The sticky sweetness of treacle on my tongue.
The stimulus impulse is changing from sugar to treacle.
I have treacle and toffee.
Some rhubarb and some treacle.
Only treacle and molasses.
I have never been a stranger to a treacle sponge.
And treacle pudding and cherry tart and cream.
Just cutting through the treacle.
Treacle was all she had.
Nothing is like swimming through treacle.
Treacle as the cause of disease.
They just saw this tub full of treacle.
I would like a treacle pudding.
I do not have time for that kind of treacle.
You can bring me back a tin of treacle while you are at it.
Working with her is like trying to swim in treacle.
I am having to put treacle in my tea.
Or quails on a bed of spinach with treacle.
To take alcohol is like pouring treacle into an expensive piano.
Or quails in a bit of spinach with treacle.
I am on the treacle today.
Felt trapped in heaviness and treacle.
I have treacle toffees.
Harry helped himself to a treacle tart.
A treacle pudding is a treat.
I have no intention of stealing any painting with or without treacle.
The treacle well.
Swimming through the sea is like wading through treacle.
It was a treacle well.
He will scratch her treacle.

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