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sentimentality

[sen-tuh-men-tal-i-tee] / ˌsɛn tə mɛnˈtæl ɪ ti /


NOUN
extravagant in emotion
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But Sony’s CEO, Hiroki Totoki, is not given to sentimentality.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

It made up for missed teenage rites of passage — the senior prom, the homecoming dance, the debutante ball — by doubling down on sentimentality.

From Salon Jul. 9, 2026

Shorn of sentimentality, this gentle drama follows a quietly observant fifth-grader who feels the grim shadow of mortality all around her.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 5, 2026

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

From BBC Mar. 5, 2026

To the point, Terrance’s brother had never received his human portion of sentimentality.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

Forward-facing as ever, Ferry does admit that organizing the book itself, and sitting with the wide range of lyrics he’d penned over the years, did provide him with small regrets and sentimentalities.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 26, 2022

Our own sentimentalities will be twice removed before long.

From The New Yorker Nov. 2, 2016

There are two or three big sentimentalities here.

From The Guardian Mar. 10, 2013

NOW Ensemble presented “City Boy,” an effusive new piece by Mr. Greenstein, and ably abetted Mr. Dargel’s deadpan sentimentalities.

From New York Times Jan. 18, 2011

You can’t be a modem woman and insist on the old sentimentalities.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez




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