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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.
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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).
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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.
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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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Beyond Parliament, the Norwegian team and the Viking row have enthused Norwegians of all generations, including Veslemoy Aga.
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While his national team-mates were labouring in London, he was enthused.
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There’s the Swede promoting the power of ranch dressing, the Italians marveling at fountain drinks with ice and free refills, the English rhapsodizing over chicken parm and just about everyone shouting out the friendliness of the businesses that served them.
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At the National Governors Association meeting in Colorado Springs last July, the investor Mark Cuban rhapsodized about the power of artificial intelligence to revolutionize education.
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Bryan Cranston can't stop gushing over his daughter's performance on The Pitt.
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The critic reviews of Supergirl didn’t wind up in the same galaxy as the overwhelming majority of the gushing first reaction crowd.
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Amazon has deals on the exact brands the multi-hyphenate wears and raves about, plus pieces pulled straight from her playbook (cough, her Instagram, cough).
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Elizabeth Stanziano reluctantly visited Norfolk, Virginia's Sail 250 festival after her mother raved for weeks about seeing the tall ships during the Bicentennial.
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On Thursday afternoon at the Revolution Training Center, Turner addressed the impending roster announcement with poise, effusing praise on the chance to represent his country on the world stage once again and defusing any sort of goalkeeper debate.
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Afterwards, Nick Cushing, then the NYCFC head coach, effused his creative midfielder.
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Yes, teaching by example is often a better way of handling a challenge than fussing about it.
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No need to fuss-up something that's just as delicious prepared simply.
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Isaacs said the symptoms of heat stress or heat stroke include excessive panting, drooling, vomiting, seizures or collapse.
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This golden lasagna is the perfect way to offer a vegetarian option that meat-eaters will be drooling over.
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“Sentimentalize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sentimentalize. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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