schmaltzy
Example Sentences
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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
“Clichés about us don’t interest us, and the French are not very schmaltzy.”
From New York Times
He soon joined the program, with its bubbly brand of schmaltzy Champagne music.
From New York Times
The director, often simplified as a schmaltzy optimist, also has a dark side.
From Los Angeles Times
“It has a sort of misty, nostalgic, schmaltzy appeal.”
From New York Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
