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

Now you see what a sentimental fool a woman can be.

From An Alabaster Box by Mulford, Stockton

"She'll drive me to it, with her smug self-righteousness ... ignorant, sentimental fool!"

From Shadows of Flames A Novel by Rives, Amélie