sentimentalize

Example Sentences

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Although this second season has its share of "Rogue One" cameos, including the return of Forest Whitaker’s Saw Gerrera, it mostly brushes off the franchise’s tendency to sentimentalize.

From Salon • Apr. 22, 2025

To his credit, he refuses to sentimentalize the character.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 23, 2023

But when he learned he’d be inducted into the Hall of Fame early next year, Kenseth couldn’t help but sentimentalize a bit.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 8, 2022

Before the war, it was an era of deceit and looming crisis; after, we see two responses — escapism, into nature and landscape, and attempts to sentimentalize the unresolved problems of the still-young republic.

From Washington Post • Mar. 13, 2020

I didn’t bring you out here to sentimentalize.

From The Motor Maids by Palm and Pine by Stokes, Katherine