sentimental
adjective
sen·ti·men·tal
ˌsen-tə-ˈmen-tᵊl 
1
a
: marked or governed by feeling, sensibility, or emotional idealism
b
: resulting from feeling rather than reason or thought
a sentimental attachment
a sentimental favorite
2
: having an excess of sentiment or sensibility
sentimentally
adverb
Examples of sentimental in a Sentence
He has a sentimental attachment to his old high school.
She saved her wedding gown for sentimental reasons.
He has sentimental ideas about the past.
I tend to get very sentimental when I think about my childhood.
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Alexandra Emanuelli, Southern Living, 28 July 2025
Romance feels more sentimental now, and even platonic relationships take on a more nurturing tone.
—Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 27 July 2025
Runners-up include Jaws, which left Universal Studios in 2012, and Magic Kingdom’s madcap Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride, which exited in 1998.
DB: Feeling sentimental about Dueling Dragons, a pre-Potter coaster at Islands.
—Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 July 2025
True, the last season did include a whole plot where Ada, an aging spinster, finally found an incredibly sentimental romance with a nice minister who then exits, via death, with the urgency of someone who’s been informed that their car alarm is going off outside.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 14 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for sentimental
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“Sentimental.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sentimental. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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sentimental
adjective
sen·ti·men·tal
ˌsent-ə-ˈment-ᵊl
1
a
: marked by feeling or sentiment
b
: resulting from feeling rather than reason or thought
2
: having an excess of sentiment or sensibility
sentimentally
adverb
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