sentimentality

But his sentimentality ends when it comes to the economics of programming in that time slot.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026

This is a film that serves a purpose, and Jones’ amiable writing and Aramayo’s engaging performance dredge up just enough sentimentality while keeping the movie from seeming overly instructive.

From Salon ● Apr. 26, 2026

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

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

From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2026

Bigwig’s spirit was as tough as his body and quite without sentimentality, but, like most creatures who have experienced hardship and danger, he could recognize and respect suffering when he saw it.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

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