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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Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 26 May 2025
In Amrum, Fatih Akin stages a sentimental conversation between himself and his mentor, the German director Hark Bohm.
—Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 23 May 2025
Missing from the program, some felt, was an exercise in sentimental Francophilia – a Man and a Woman from a Claude Lelouch or an Umbrellas of Cherbourg from a Jacques Demy.
—Peter Bart, Deadline, 22 May 2025
In a sentimental touch, the song was dedicated to the Furs’ late saxophonist Mars Williams.
—Julius Miller, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2025
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“Sentimental.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sentimental. Accessed 9 Jun. 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
-ᵊl-ē
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