sentimentalize

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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

“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 • Mar. 31, 2023

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

From Seattle Times • Sep. 7, 2019

“We should not sentimentalize the American experience,” he said.

From Washington Post • Jul. 30, 2019

I have talked with no sensible person who proposes to sentimentalize over the law-breaker.

From Within Prison Walls being a narrative during a week of voluntary confinement in the state prison at Auburn, New York by Osborne, Thomas Mott