sentimentality

Example Sentences

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Mr. Enrigue follows both groups on their hazardous journeys into the Sierra Madre, and the writing, translated by Natasha Wimmer, yields all the pleasures of a first-rate adventure with none of the sentimentality.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

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

From Slate • Jan. 25, 2026

“Father Mother Sister Brother” is here to commiserate, but because the veteran indie auteur remains a sharp chronicler of the quotidian, he has no patience for sentimentality or pat resolutions.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 24, 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

He had a deep streak of sloppy sentimentality to him and he loved to sit around fires singing sad songs of home.

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara