schmaltzy
Example Sentences
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Mixing American history with wild fabulation, and parental grief with Buddhist spirituality, the book’s weirdness and originality helped smuggle through its schmaltzy moralizing about selflessness and empathy.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026
And look, maybe I’m schmaltzy, but I did sort of love the last line she tacked on in her epilogue: “The woman realized, she was not alone — she was on her own.”
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 14, 2025
Music website Pitchfork - known for its sometimes-scathing takes - described the band as "schmaltzy and dull".
From BBC • May 16, 2025
“Harry must have longed for the schmaltzy embrace of Oprah!” was the front page of the Daily Mail, a reference to the couple’s 2021 interview with Oprah Winfrey.
From Reuters • Jun. 7, 2023
He hated schmaltzy stuff like that, hated omens.
From "The Voyage Of The Frog" by Gary Paulsen
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