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the state or quality of having an excess of tender feelings (as of love, nostalgia, or compassion)
the sentimentality of the story of star-crossed lovers only made it even more popular with moviegoers
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After Earth is overrun with sentimentality and groaningly bad stabs at dramatic profundity.
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Will Leitch, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2024
But clinging to sentimentality isn’t typically a winning strategy.
—Kaitlyn McGrath, The Athletic, 25 July 2024
Of course, anyone with a low tolerance for sugary sweet, sometimes sticky sentimentality would want to suck on a pack of lemons afterwards.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
So hopefully the game ends with some sentimentality, some heart for people.
—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 28 Oct. 2024
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Will Leitch, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2024
But clinging to sentimentality isn’t typically a winning strategy.
—Kaitlyn McGrath, The Athletic, 25 July 2024
Of course, anyone with a low tolerance for sugary sweet, sometimes sticky sentimentality would want to suck on a pack of lemons afterwards.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
So hopefully the game ends with some sentimentality, some heart for people.
—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 28 Oct. 2024
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“Sentimentality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sentimentality. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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