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

They also sentimentalize Thor in ways that make the inevitable sequel feel, at this stage, like a singularly unappealing prospect.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 5, 2022

Davis is not a person to sentimentalize a body’s expiration, whether goldfish or human.

From New York Times • Mar. 2, 2022

He did not intellectualize or sentimentalize the game, or rationalize his love for it.

From Washington Post • Jul. 22, 2020

"Oh, he was taken in by it, no doubt; it was something to sentimentalize over and be self-sacrificing about."

From A Woman of Genius by Austin, Mary Hunter