maudlin

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Played as a maudlin admission that she’s a fallen woman, this scene would doom the play to a dusty footnote in O’Neill’s oeuvre.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 14, 2025

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

The book is not unnecessarily maudlin but rather sharply present, which is also simply an accurate descriptor for much of Smith’s life and work.

From Salon • Nov. 11, 2025

They’re sappy and maudlin, aiming to reduce the audience to a puddle of tears.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 4, 2024

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

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss