mawkishness

Example Sentences

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But it’s Fraser’s smart, humane, vulnerable performance that too often seems trapped, in this case by a film whose mawkishness so oppressively weighs him down.

From Washington Post • Dec. 20, 2022

All that signaling serves to diminish the impact of a not unanticipated “shock” denouement that strives for poignancy but ultimately flirts with mawkishness.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2022

But where the execution of those storylines has garnered some criticism for moments of mawkishness or overwrought dialogue, it’s more successful in its honest depiction of cancer—or, at least, one specific cancer story.

From Time • Nov. 10, 2015

I edit the site, and I chose it because it's a gripping read, featuring two compelling characters, that deals sensitively and even humorously with a difficult situation without descending into mawkishness.

From The Guardian • Jan. 4, 2013

Your hardness—I said it was a fine want of mawkishness.

From Contemporary One-Act Plays by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)