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

You must get over the notion that I'm a sentimental fool, carried away by my feelings.

From He Fell in Love with His Wife by Roe, Edward Payson

"You know what I mean … you don't think I'm a sentimental fool, do you?"

From Wolf Breed by Gregory, Jackson

Phyllis inheriting the intellectual equipment of her sentimental fool of a mother, had none, Oh! she had a vast fund of ordinary commonsense.

From The Red Planet by Locke, William John