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

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

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

“You’re always a sentimental fool where women are concerned, Adolphe,” laughed his companion.

From The White Lie by Le Queux, William