sentimentality

Burns says that was all part of figuring out “how to loosen the barnacles of sentimentality that have encrusted themselves” on the war.

“And a little bit of sentimentality. I didn’t go out of my way, but I would think, maybe I should buy a few of these.”

"Let's assess the place as you asked," ChatGPT told her, "without unnecessary sentimentality."

But as agreeable as it is, it can’t square its jabs with its sentimentality.

And though he’s undeniably quixotic, PTA’s relentless urgency consistently overrides the sticky trappings of saccharine sentimentality that would snare less ambitious filmmakers.