Words similar to sentimentality

Example sentences for: sentimentality

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There's a risk of sentimentality in Walcott's praise of the Caribbean.
A puff of sentimentality is exhaled at the end of the book: Inman is reunited with Ada, only to be shot down at the last minute.
Few films have ever offered so inspired a blend of sentimentality, Grand Guignol horror, and sophisticated camp, or such deliriously inventive laboratory bric-a-brac.
Inside, on the ceiling of the central octagonal dome, are Correggio’s greatest masterpieces, his frescoes of the Assumption of the Virgin (1530) where he achieved, in the truest sense, exalting emotion without the sentimentality of Mannerist imitators.
But risking holiday sentimentality (with the ready-made excuse that it's just the chestnut stuffing talking), I'd like to mention some things I'm thankful for, like Tim Carvell's two (!) responses involving pushing people or poultry out of airplanes; Jennifer Miller's two (!) bits of self-revelation about her dark and ferocious inner life and apartment; Larry Amaros' determination that the Olsen twins wander parched and frightened, not merely in the Serengeti but during the dry season.