sentimentality

Example Sentences

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"I either continued along the sheep-farming route because of sentimentality or made bold decisions."

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026

And while there’s definitely some sentimentality involved, it’s mostly that I’m stubborn.

From Slate • Jan. 25, 2026

Intimate and accessible—it was written for television, first broadcast in 1951 and for many years thereafter—“Amahl” balances sweet, comic and serious elements without slipping into sentimentality.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025

Alexia has been volunteering at the Mayer for the last two years, and says that sentimentality played a big part in her signing up.

From Salon • Dec. 18, 2025

In 1916 Satie concocted a baldly insulting parody of themes from Gounod’s opera Mireille, and several of his cabaret songs make fun of Massenet’s supposed sentimentality.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall