sentimentalism

Example Sentences

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A reviewer in Britain's Guardian newspaper sniffed that "an undeniable strain of sentimentalism runs throughout" the book and its prose.

From Barron's

“But he, Robert Weaver and Alan Cober were the first wave of breaking through this realism and sentimentalism with an expressionistic intensity and impressionistic fluidity.”

From New York Times

Rather than fuzzy-wuzzy sentimentalism, that liminal space between objective reality and the netherworld is presented as a natural, if exceedingly rare, fact of life.

From Washington Post

Fear for the future of the country percolates up from the sea of sentimentalism in “Uncle Tom’s Cabin.”

From New York Times

In other words, it's the "dismantling of sentimentalism," which Knott said is "good news."

From Salon