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Recent Examples of sentimentalize
Waititi sees sentimentalizing a culture as limiting it.
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Rebecca Keegan, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 May 2023
Is trading in the currency of the past a way to distance himself from a lonesome present? Raffish and boyish at the same time — or switching between either mode as a cover for the other — O’Connor’s deft, droll performance implies such possibilities without sentimentalizing them.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 26 May 2023
Trendy, vapid Chazelle sentimentalized a token Mexican immigrant in Babylon, but Jordan and waggish co-screenwriter William Monahan, who scripted Scorsese’s The Departed, plays with ethnicity (those Irish mugs, Lange’s perfect brogue, and Cumming’s perfect Southern twang).
—Armond White, National Review, 17 Feb. 2023
The play that has been so keen-eyed about sentimentalizing the industry starts to sentimentalize a little towards the end.
—Helen Shaw, Vulture, 10 May 2022
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Rebecca Keegan, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 May 2023
Is trading in the currency of the past a way to distance himself from a lonesome present? Raffish and boyish at the same time — or switching between either mode as a cover for the other — O’Connor’s deft, droll performance implies such possibilities without sentimentalizing them.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 26 May 2023
Trendy, vapid Chazelle sentimentalized a token Mexican immigrant in Babylon, but Jordan and waggish co-screenwriter William Monahan, who scripted Scorsese’s The Departed, plays with ethnicity (those Irish mugs, Lange’s perfect brogue, and Cumming’s perfect Southern twang).
—Armond White, National Review, 17 Feb. 2023
The play that has been so keen-eyed about sentimentalizing the industry starts to sentimentalize a little towards the end.
—Helen Shaw, Vulture, 10 May 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sentimentalize
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But others on the left and right of the political spectrum were less enthused about the new Prime Minister.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
10 Sep. 2025
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Del Mar track announcer Larry Collmus enthused as Brant, a gray son of Gun Runner, flashed away from Civil Liberty and Balboa in their July 26 race.—
Kevin Modesti,
Oc Register,
4 Sep. 2025
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King Charles has rhapsodized about the charms of Romania for decades.—
David Segal,
New York Times,
1 May 2023
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And the nearly 2,000 participants —even millennials and GenZers — rhapsodized about Roth.—
Karen Heller,
Washington Post,
22 Mar. 2023
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While other massive stars in the region may not yet be gushing quite so violently, the Atacama Large Millimeter Array in Chile found another dense stellar core that could be in an earlier stage of construction, according to the researchers.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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With a few locations across the city, OZO cafés are the type of place where baristas regularly gush about how much their rotating single-origin espresso tastes of strawberries or papaya.—
Alex Mayyasi,
Saveur,
10 Sep. 2025
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One Amazon shopper raved about the bag’s thoughtful design that’s large enough to fit even full-size containers.—
Chaise Sanders,
Travel + Leisure,
12 Sep. 2025
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The panel raved about the ‘Gold Dust Twins,’ rookies Fred Lynn and Jim Rice, both absent from the event.—
Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
12 Sep. 2025
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Afterwards, Nick Cushing, then the NYCFC head coach, effused his creative midfielder.—
Michael Lewis,
Forbes.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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The enigmatic trophy wife at the center, Michaela, is played not by Nicole Kidman—as is, at this point, stylistic tradition—but by Julianne Moore, effusing lavender mist and toxic insecurity.—
Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
24 May 2025
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Others might tell you that hosting an awards show is a thankless gig, but Bargatze doesn’t seem fussed.—
Lacey Rose,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Sep. 2025
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This was the mid 1980s and tandem skydiving hadn’t been popularized yet, so his father, Roger, adjusted accordingly by stuffing carpet padding into the leg pads to stop him from fussing.—
Angelina Liu,
People.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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Thank you to this show for giving us so many things to drool over every season.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
5 Sep. 2025
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Symptoms may begin within minutes, which include heavy drooling—especially in cats—and redness on the skin and in or around the mouth.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Aug. 2025
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