bathos

Example Sentences

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To give credit where it’s due, few films wear their bathos with such pride.

From Salon • Mar. 19, 2026

Only the efforts of Ewan McGregor and, especially, Ethan Hawke, as the estranged half brothers of the title, save this doleful drama from sinking entirely into bathos.

From New York Times • Oct. 20, 2022

If that doesn’t work, they can always fall back on tear-jerking bathos and sentimental clichés.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 11, 2021

And the ever-present potential for bathos in a movie about accessing one’s own inner child is offset by a dedication to visual whimsy and playfulness that can recall Michel Gondry.

From Slate • Nov. 19, 2019

Surely there must be something here for us, other than this futility and bathos.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood