How to Use twee in a Sentence

twee

adjective
  • The movie was a bit twee for my taste.
  • The site has a twee, old-internet feel.
    — Max Tani, semafor.com, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Because — that's right, folks — twee hair is going to sit right down and stay awhile.
    — Nicola Dall'asen, Allure, 21 Feb. 2022
  • Hades became their magnum opus by adding just a dash of playfulness that borders on being twee.
    — Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
  • What, one wonders, can Biden possibly say about his tenure that will not sound ridiculous or twee?
    — Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review, 25 Feb. 2022
  • Short stubby legs and a rounded headboard also amplify the twee appeal of the frame.
    — Erika Owen, Architectural Digest, 13 Mar. 2026
  • The show isn’t making fun of the genre’s tropes and trappings so much as having fun with them, wearing them as twee decoration.
    — Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 20 Oct. 2021
  • Up the charm factor with a petite polka dot, which makes for a fun design detail without being twee or dated.
    — Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 8 Jan. 2026
  • The pinafore-style dress was in a twee ditsy print and flowed well past her knees, while a leather belt sat happily on her waist without exerting effort to cinch.
    — Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 9 Apr. 2026
  • The bangs were definitely a holdover from my Zooey Deschanel/New Girl twee era.
    — Ariana Yaptangco, Glamour, 20 Jan. 2026
  • But even more core to the twee aesthetic is the art of thrifting and shopping secondhand, which has hit the mainstream like never before.
    — Kristen Bateman, Vogue, 17 Jan. 2022
  • Thinking Ivan’s taste is too decorative, too twee, and too irrelevant is wrong.
    — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 26 Feb. 2022
  • Castrinos’s voice was twee and naïf, the aural equivalent of a bob haircut and a polka-dot skirt worn to a Williamsburg dive bar.
    — Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Patterned fabric wallpaper, like that found in Diana’s study, added a twee touch to the historic property.
    — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Mira’s twee wildness of spirit is muted by her utter bewilderment.
    — Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2022
  • Initially, the plot seems to be set up for Cameron to throw himself a pity party in the most obnoxiously twee way imaginable.
    — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Mar. 2022
  • Boden’s specific brand of preppy-twee style works especially well this time of year—and so much of it is up to 40% off through the weekend.
    — Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 30 Nov. 2025
  • Boden’s specific brand of preppy-twee style works especially well this time of year—and so much of it is up to 40% off through the weekend.
    — Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 29 Nov. 2025
  • The conceit sounds twee, but Torres’s delivery has the matter-of-factness of a child describing the secret lives of his toys.
    — Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 21 Dec. 2020
  • Everything falls within Pyo’s fun and artsy aesthetic, without being too twee or mini-me.
    — New York Times, 8 July 2021
  • Her sometimes slacker, sometimes twee rock takes recurring major sevenths and wrings them for all their existential meaning.
    — Ethan Beck, Pitchfork, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Other products, including twee pie pans and baking sheets, are similarly cost-effective.
    — Lydia Wang, refinery29.com, 1 July 2021
  • There’s a note of self-congratulation running through this work too — tricky to pinpoint because it comes swathed in both twee humility and real suffering.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Maybe to you, Lady Bird’s critical, nearly twee grandiosity is too earnest, too small potatoes, too corny, too feel-good, too… adolescent girl?
    — Esquire, 23 Feb. 2018
  • Everything from Bryant’s playful platform sandals to the ribbon bow in her hair was adorable, but the twee touches only added to the whimsy of Rocha’s design.
    — Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, 10 May 2021
  • Employing the teeniest of ruffles, this West Elm sheet set features just a hint of twee detailing, almost like a playful coquette.
    — Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 28 Feb. 2026
  • Silhouettes from the 1960s, such as twee miniskirts and babydoll dresses, were crafted in rich fabrics and Hitchcockian hues.
    — Kevin Huynh, InStyle, 12 Mar. 2026
  • So many of the trippy albums from the psychedelic era sound today like a sort of twee playacting — as if frilling up a song with sound effects and singing about gnomes constituted true trippiness.
    — Vulture Editors, Vulture, 20 Apr. 2021
  • Ninety-second hits of twee pop and bony post-punk make up the middle section of the record, all built around three to four power chords and delivered with overdriven vocals and feral enthusiasm.
    — Alex Robert Ross, Pitchfork, 8 June 2026
  • Frankfurt was long pitched as a twee German city like Munich, complete with Christmas market and Ebbelwoi (the rather acidic local apple wine).
    — The Economist, 17 Mar. 2018

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