sentimentalize

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

“Stonewalling” doesn’t sentimentalize or squeeze tears for Lynn, who, for all her meekness, naivete and often-foolish decisions, is tough enough to have long ago waived her right to self-pity.

From Los Angeles Times

Shelton doesn’t sentimentalize this world; in fact, he has fun doing the opposite.

From Seattle Times

But that real-world connection is never exploited or sentimentalized in “The King of Staten Island,” which is both irreverent and unexpectedly tender.

From Washington Post

That a left-wing painter softened and sentimentalized the harder-edged peasant genera of Millet shouldn’t be surprising.

From Washington Post

It has often been said that war movies inevitably glorify combat, and it’s also true that movies about grave illness tend to sentimentalize its ravages.

From New York Times