sentimental

Example Sentences

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The album's title, Arirang, is also the name of Korea's most beloved folk song, a sentimental anthem about moving from hardship towards something better.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

Like many cultures, flowers carry sentimental value in her religion.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2026

As a sentimental person with a possible hoarding issue, for me, decluttering can feel devastating.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 23, 2026

Sterne was a muse of the broken-hearted, and, for all its oddities, “Tristram Shandy” is 18th-century sentimental fiction at its finest.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026

I’m despondent and foolish, I’m sentimental, I know that too.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank