schmaltzy
Example Sentences
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And look, maybe I’m schmaltzy, but I did sort of love the last line she tacked on in her epilogue: “The woman realized, she was not alone — she was on her own.”
From Los Angeles Times
Music website Pitchfork - known for its sometimes-scathing takes - described the band as "schmaltzy and dull".
From BBC
It's certainly hard to imagine them really catching on in the early 50s, an age dominated by schmaltzy crooners, folk purists and show tunes.
From BBC
Under it all, though, as one schmaltzy cliché follows another, this becomes more the glorification of beauty than the real thing.
From Los Angeles Times
“Clichés about us don’t interest us, and the French are not very schmaltzy.”
From New York Times
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