maudlin
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In LaSalle’s opinion, echoed by many critics at the time, the maudlin elements of the film’s third act are its undoing.
From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2026
Played as a maudlin admission that she’s a fallen woman, this scene would doom the play to a dusty footnote in O’Neill’s oeuvre.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 14, 2025
Lyrical but not maudlin, the book navigates family disagreements, competing philosophies and different ways the human spirit can manifest in the human body.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 2025
But in the case of this maudlin, overwrought drama, “keep your eyes open” would be a more fitting demand.
From Salon ● Nov. 30, 2025
I could almost hear Luzan’s bird-high voice, a bizarre pitch that like much else about him was a little silly, a dress of maudlin order on a man of such girth and weight.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
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