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

"She is a sentimental fool," cried Barbesieur, with a coarse laugh.

From Prince Eugene and His Times by Mühlbach, L. (Luise)

But she was Mrs. Singleton Corey, and she would not act the sentimental fool if she could help it!

From The Lookout Man by Bower, B. M.

Miss Josephine, her eldest, was handsome, patronizing, passée, and a sentimental fool; Miss Adelaide, who came next, was handsome, eccentric, malicious, and sly; and Miss Madeline, the youngest, was handsome, distinguished-looking, intellectual, passionate, and proud.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 12, October, 1858 by Various