maudlin

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Ms. Schilinski roams in and out of all the impressions and recollections, most of them stained by sadness and regret, without turning maudlin or melodramatic.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 2026

Lyrical but not maudlin, the book navigates family disagreements, competing philosophies and different ways the human spirit can manifest in the human body.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025

I was always worried it would be a bit maudlin, if he just went in and said straight away, “I love you.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 19, 2025

Thankfully, “We Live in Time” never becomes maudlin, but it also never generates much emotion other than disappointment and frustration.

From Salon • Oct. 11, 2024

“We’ll just change to something less maudlin than wine.”

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss