mawkish

Example Sentences

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Morgan’s flair for the mawkish would be fine, and maybe even interesting, if he didn’t make the mistake of making the country music industry piles and piles of money.

From Salon • May 16, 2025

If that leaves you expecting mawkish sentiment and introspective wallowing, you've not been paying attention.

From BBC • Feb. 16, 2025

Not to be mawkish, but one of the things I like about the show is that if I saw it when I was 18, I think I would’ve enjoyed it.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2024

But two more ballets remained to be seen: The mawkish, melodramatic “Petite Mort” by Jiri Kylian and the parade of tutus and tendus that make up “Études” by Harald Lander.

From New York Times • Oct. 19, 2023

Her soliloquies mawkish, her sentiments maudlin, malaise dripped like a fever from her pores.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri