schmaltzy

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Mixing American history with wild fabulation, and parental grief with Buddhist spirituality, the book’s weirdness and originality helped smuggle through its schmaltzy moralizing about selflessness and empathy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

"It may be fuelled by the schmaltzy lyrics of a boy band, but this is ultimately a clear-eyed celebration of female friendship," said Screen Daily's Nikki Baughan.

From BBC • Jun. 15, 2023

“Harry must have longed for the schmaltzy embrace of Oprah!” was the front page of the Daily Mail, a reference to the couple’s 2021 interview with Oprah Winfrey.

From Reuters • Jun. 7, 2023

Under it all, though, as one schmaltzy cliché follows another, this becomes more the glorification of beauty than the real thing.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2023

He hated schmaltzy stuff like that, hated omens.

From "The Voyage Of The Frog" by Gary Paulsen