schmaltz
Example Sentences
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The movie purports to dip into the deep well of Shakespearean magnificence but emerges only with a ladle full of greasy schmaltz.
Yes, “The Notebook” is schmaltz, but schmaltz is rarely rendered with this much skill.
From New York Times
We’ll forgive him and his students, flush with the joys and indignations of youth, for the occasional maudlin speech — and Ayouch for the attendant schmaltz.
From New York Times
In lesser hands, Catch Me In The Air could be mawkish, but Sawayama's reckless approach to genre saves it from schmaltz.
From BBC
Early on, it reminded me of work by the Russian choreographer Boris Eifman, whose dedication to schmaltz and fervor seems to know few bounds.
From New York Times
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