How to Use schmaltz in a Sentence
schmaltz
noun- The movie has too much schmaltz for me.
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Maybe it’s schmaltzy; maybe there’s truth to the schmaltz.
—Pia Ceres, Wired, 23 Mar. 2020
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Cook the skin side of the thighs in the schmaltz until deeply browned and crispy (for about 10 minutes).
—Alex Delany, Bon Appetit, 19 Jan. 2018
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Jake’s recipe has just enough schmaltz, and the matzo balls are perfect and just the right size.
—Dallas News, 5 Mar. 2021
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Or at least the schmaltz found in the 27-year-old’s pithy chart-topping ballads?
—Jessi Roti, chicagotribune.com, 24 May 2018
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At its smoothest and most over-the-top, Mr. Thomas’s music could border on schmaltz.
—New York Times, 30 May 2021
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Don’t sleep on the lunch sandwich, served with spicy slaw on a bun that’s toasted with schmaltz.
—Michael Klein, Philly.com, 13 Dec. 2017
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The solemnity of the mentions of Perry in the premiere is forced schmaltz or even worse.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Aug. 2019
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The $6 special also comes with a side of schmaltz potato chips and a Dr. Brown’s soda.
—Audrey Gorden, RedEye Chicago, 23 Aug. 2017
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A fast-emerging favorite among spud fans are the Shack’s schmaltz fries, which are fried in chicken fat.
—Pam Kragen, Pacific San Diego Magazine, 13 July 2017
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Has there always been this much schmaltz beneath the science?
—Brian Seibert, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2018
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Without Chandler, the more sincere elements of the show could have drowned in their own schmaltz.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 29 Oct. 2023
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Meanwhile, purée green garlic, cilantro, schmaltz, and a pinch of salt in a blender until smooth and very bright green, about 2 minutes.
—Bon Appetit, 19 May 2017
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Go ahead and add some lemon juice to the harissa schmaltz and stir it together to make the world’s greatest harissa dressing.
—Aliza Abarbanel, Bon Appetit, 3 Jan. 2018
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Slow-Roast Gochujang Chicken, which cooks on a bed of little potatoes that soak up all that hot-sweet schmaltz.
—Christina Chaey, Bon Appétit, 10 Sep. 2019
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It's then washed with schmaltz (chicken fat) and combined with chili ancho liqueur, fresh lime juice, and hot honey.
—Kellie Walton, Redbook, 28 July 2023
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Plopped into the middle is a dense, lumpy matzo ball studded with dill and fattened with schmaltz.
—Jenn Harriscolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2022
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That schmaltz — imbued with garlic, rosemary and orange zest — keeps the sweetness in check.
—Melissa Clark, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2019
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The album does away with some of the schmaltz that made In The Lonely Hour a tedious listen at times, starting with a less on-the-nose album title.
—Maeve McDermott, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2017
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If using schmaltz in place of oil, in keeping with the Jewish laws of kashrut, serve the kugel only with dishes that do not contain dairy.
—Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2021
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And the lyrics are occasionally kind of funny, which offsets the schmaltz.
—Ed Masley, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2023
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And for those looking for the classic deli breakfast, don’t worry: smoked trout and schmaltz are definitely on the menu.
—Priya Krishna, Bon Appetit, 7 Sep. 2017
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Finger foods like his lemongrass-adobo fried chicken wings, served with a calamansi schmaltz, will find a place on the table.
—Jean Trinh, Los Angeles Magazine, 31 May 2018
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With their Netflix specials, Minhaj and Kroll lean into schmaltz.
—Jason Zinoman, New York Times, 27 Oct. 2022
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Excepting the heaps of schmaltz, this is a restrained film, made with wistfulness by a comedy great.
—Jake Coyle, Star Tribune, 5 May 2021
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Rose Café is known for its fresh-baked Parker House rolls with roasted chicken schmaltz (fat), but a different version of these rolls are on the Desmond menu.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Jan. 2023
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There was something for everyone — even a KO sweatshirt (get it)? — but in a time of turmoil, such style schmaltz can seem a little empty.
—Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2018
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Although based on a real story, this new movie can’t help but traffic in the same sort of earnest schmaltz that made that 1970 Oscar winner such a crowd-pleasing weepie.
—Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2020
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Cutting the schmaltz, all along, has been an intelligent coldness.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 23 Aug. 2020
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AGT has always been a show that reveled in schmaltz and spectacle, and its inspiring and weird acts may be too sugary sweet for some viewers.
—Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 15 Aug. 2017
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