How to Use sentiment in a Sentence

sentiment

noun
  • She likes warmth and sentiment in a movie.
  • You have to be tough to succeed in the business world. There's no room for sentiment.
  • His criticism of the court's decision expresses a sentiment that is shared by many people.
  • The word, like the sentiment, has been around for a long time.
    The Economist, 22 June 2019
  • That sentiment travels from hair all the way down to footwear.
    Leah Prinzivalli, SELF, 29 June 2018
  • But such a sentiment isn’t evinced in other parts of the world.
    Washington Post, 31 Dec. 2020
  • Along with that, a fun sentiment: Out with the old and in with the new.
    Dale Arden Chong, Men's Health, 26 Apr. 2022
  • The sentiment has been echoed in the nightlife industry.
    Paige Cornwell, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Sep. 2021
  • This same sentiment holds true for mothers around the world.
    Pauleanna Reid, Forbes, 21 May 2021
  • That sentiment is fine, but the follow-through is way off the mark.
    Rosemary Donahue, Allure, 18 Oct. 2017
  • Liss echoed the sentiment shared by Chakraborty and Schwartz.
    John Kell, Fortune, 6 Oct. 2023
  • This isn't the first time Ari has shared this sentiment.
    Carolyn Twersky, Seventeen, 23 Apr. 2020
  • The reactionary sentiment of the past decade seems less like an uptick than a storm surge.
    Heather Souvaine Horn, The New Republic, 12 July 2018
  • None of the Democrats would quarrel with that last sentiment.
    Rick Klein, ABC News, 19 Feb. 2020
  • And that seems to be the sentiment from most everyone else on the roster, too.
    Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 8 June 2022
  • And his former coach was none too pleased about that sentiment.
    Tom Schad, USA TODAY, 2 July 2018
  • Vance doubled down on this sentiment as the war in Ukraine broke out.
    Orlando Mayorquin, USA TODAY, 28 Mar. 2022
  • Catalonia and Spain will find out in the weeks ahead which of those sentiments is the stronger.
    The Economist, 21 Oct. 2017
  • The sentiment is now most acute among Black voters and the youngest voters.
    Reid J. Epstein, BostonGlobe.com, 13 July 2022
  • The change says more about investor sentiment than the health of food retailers.
    Carol Ryan, WSJ, 12 Mar. 2020
  • But the intention, here, is more of a mixed bag of sentiment.
    K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 21 Dec. 2021
  • What matters most, though, is the sentiment in the clubhouse.
    Vahe Gregorian, kansascity, 3 Oct. 2017
  • But while the storm has passed, the anti-tourist sentiment remains.
    Erin Florio, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 July 2018
  • This sentiment went around the room with echoing fervor.
    Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 9 Nov. 2020
  • Their hope for truth is a sentiment shared by the Jones family.
    CBS News, 1 Nov. 2021
  • Kroger stock has seen strong bearish sentiment in the options pits for the past couple weeks as well.
    Schaeffer's Investment Research, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
  • For the most part, his supporters agree with that sentiment.
    Uriel J. Garcia, The Arizona Republic, 9 Oct. 2020
  • My sentiment's the same as yours in hoping there's a lasting peace for the region.
    Megan Friedman, Harper's BAZAAR, 27 June 2018
  • If the online abuse was so bad, why follow up with the exact same sentiment?
    Mari Uyehara, GQ, 19 Feb. 2018
  • And so many people — so many — agreed with this sentiment.
    Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune, 17 Apr. 2021

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