mawkish
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You might say that’s mawkish, or that I’m grading on a curve for a first-time filmmaker.
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026
If that leaves you expecting mawkish sentiment and introspective wallowing, you've not been paying attention.
From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2025
The dialogue was more dignified: no brainless chatter or mawkish introductions.
From New York Times ● Jun. 17, 2024
Not to be mawkish, but one of the things I like about the show is that if I saw it when I was 18, I think I would’ve enjoyed it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2024
Her soliloquies mawkish, her sentiments maudlin, malaise dripped like a fever from her pores.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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