sentimentality

Example Sentences

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And while there’s definitely some sentimentality involved, it’s mostly that I’m stubborn.

From Slate • Jan. 25, 2026

When he spoke from conviction — most famously about Vietnam — it was grounded in fact-based reporting, not sentimentality.

From Salon • Jan. 10, 2026

The film honors maturity and all its weighty deliberations without putting a sheen of sentimentality on the condition.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025

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

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 12, 2025

In 1916 Satie concocted a baldly insulting parody of themes from Gounod’s opera Mireille, and several of his cabaret songs make fun of Massenet’s supposed sentimentality.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall