sentimentalize

Example Sentences

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“Stonewalling” doesn’t sentimentalize or squeeze tears for Lynn, who, for all her meekness, naivete and often-foolish decisions, is tough enough to have long ago waived her right to self-pity.

From Los Angeles Times

For a while, that omission feels like the right decision, born of a principled refusal to sentimentalize a killer or ascribe his actions to a tidy, convenient set of motives.

From Los Angeles Times

But our policy is still based on a sentimentalized, whitewashed past that isn’t helping our future.

From Los Angeles Times

And sentimentalizing him may be an attempt to turn a dream figure into something more human.

From New York Times

Shakespeare’s tragic hero, he says, is guilty of presenting a sentimentalized account of his own character; of endeavoring to escape reality — the bodies at his feet — by cheering himself up, even with his last words.

From Washington Post