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

As a bright October day unfolds, the contest mingles with an unavoidable sense of inevitability, but not enough for these once-a-week chums to unnecessarily sentimentalize the situation.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2025

They don’t sentimentalize long-standing narratives or “this is how it’s always been” thinking.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 7, 2019

“We should not sentimentalize the American experience,” he said.

From Washington Post • Jul. 30, 2019

Now this letter is not to express regrets, or to sentimentalize.

From The Twins of Suffering Creek by Cullum, Ridgwell