sentimentalize

Example Sentences

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Although this second season has its share of "Rogue One" cameos, including the return of Forest Whitaker’s Saw Gerrera, it mostly brushes off the franchise’s tendency to sentimentalize.

From Salon • Apr. 22, 2025

To his credit, he refuses to sentimentalize the character.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 23, 2023

He did not intellectualize or sentimentalize the game, or rationalize his love for it.

From Washington Post • Jul. 22, 2020

They don’t sentimentalize long-standing narratives or “this is how it’s always been” thinking.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 7, 2019

They did not moralize, or philosophize, or sentimentalize; were never subtle, intellectual, or abstract.

From A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century by Beers, Henry A. (Henry Augustin)