over-sentimental

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"They get over-sentimental, well for footballers anyway, and talk really beautifully about it and kind of feel like they are coming home to Craven Cottage, just like a fan does."

From BBC • Dec. 20, 2023

Is the combustible Slaven Bilic simply an over-sentimental nod to the past or has he actually got the qualities to be a success in the Premier League?

From BBC • Aug. 5, 2015

The scene is only slightly harmed by an overlong, over-sentimental group singing of Going Home, timed with the heroine's own realization that she is indeed going home.

From Time Magazine Archive

Mr. Walpole treats his old ladies with sympathetic affection and contrives not to be over-sentimental about them.

From Time Magazine Archive

It may be old-fashioned and over-sentimental, but in spite of these defects it has a very definite charm, and its conclusion makes a curious and legitimate appeal to the emotions.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, December 15, 1920 by Seaman, Owen, Sir