sentimentalize

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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

“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 • Mar. 31, 2023

But fealty isn’t always a productive strategy, and while the first film greatly tempers the book’s shocks, it doesn’t sentimentalize the source material, as this one does.

From New York Times • Dec. 15, 2021

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

From Seattle Times • Sep. 7, 2019

I am not going to sentimentalize over my copy, for how much of it have I read?

From A Window in Thrums by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)