sentimental fool
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And Bingley emerges as a sentimental fool, given to crying fits: The “gush from his eyes would surely have been sufficient to bathe a medium-sized dog: a corgi or, perhaps, a Border collie.”
From New York Times • Apr. 11, 2016
Was he really that much of a sentimental fool?
From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon
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Miss Josephine, her eldest, was handsome, patronizing, passée, and a sentimental fool; Miss Adelaide, who came next, was handsome, eccentric, malicious, and sly; and Miss Madeline, the youngest, was handsome, distinguished-looking, intellectual, passionate, and proud.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 12, October, 1858 by Various
He had wandered in the jungle and laughed aloud at himself for a sentimental fool.
From The Plunderer by Oyen, Henry
No, I don't think you are a sentimental fool.
From Wolf Breed by Gregory, Jackson