sentimental fool

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And Bingley emerges as a sentimental fool, given to crying fits: The “gush from his eyes would surely have been sufficient to bathe a medium-sized dog: a corgi or, perhaps, a Border collie.”

From New York Times • Apr. 11, 2016

Was he really that much of a sentimental fool?

From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon

Emilia knew that you would not disturb the house—" "I was a sentimental fool.

From The Secret Passage by Hume, Fergus

You will perhaps think me a sentimental fool for wishing to keep Panton's good opinion, but such is my wish.

From From out the Vasty Deep by Lowndes, Marie Belloc

They are probably right; for, I give you my word, he is a sentimental fool, our good Loris.

From The Red Symbol by Ironside, John