sentimentalize

sen·ti·men·tal·ize | \ ˌsen-tə-ˈmen-tə-ˌlīz

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sentimentalized; sentimentalizing

Definition of sentimentalize

intransitive verb

: to indulge in sentiment

transitive verb

: to look upon or imbue with sentiment

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Examples of sentimentalize in a Sentence

The movie sentimentalizes the past. He does not sentimentalize in his biography.

Recent Examples on the Web Unlike many Holocaust films that sentimentalize individual heroism, Caught by Night doesn’t seek to inspire so much as to bear witness. — Jeremy Lybarger, The New York Review of Books, "The Mordant Fables of Juraj Herz," 20 Apr. 2020 Nothing if not a rigorous dialectician, Bong refuses to sentimentalize the Kims’ togetherness or their poverty. — Mark Olsenstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, "Indie Focus: Get attached to ‘Parasite’," 11 Oct. 2019 Nothing if not a rigorous dialectician, Bong refuses to sentimentalize the Kims’ togetherness or their poverty. — Mark Olsenstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, "Indie Focus: Get attached to ‘Parasite’," 11 Oct. 2019 Tattoo of Revenge > Little Women Julián Hernandez’s film noir turns male–female empathy into a constantly inventive spectacle while Greta Gerwig’s literary adaptation sentimentalizes bourgeois privilege as a woman’s right. — Armond White, National Review, "The 15th Annual Better-Than List," 3 Jan. 2020 Nothing if not a rigorous dialectician, Bong refuses to sentimentalize the Kims’ togetherness or their poverty. — Mark Olsenstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, "Indie Focus: Get attached to ‘Parasite’," 11 Oct. 2019 Nothing if not a rigorous dialectician, Bong refuses to sentimentalize the Kims’ togetherness or their poverty. — Mark Olsenstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, "Indie Focus: Get attached to ‘Parasite’," 11 Oct. 2019 Eric sentimentalizes family, and badly wants one of his own. — Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, "“The Inheritance” Is a Tribute to E. M. Forster and an Audacious Work of Its Own," 25 Nov. 2019 Nothing if not a rigorous dialectician, Bong refuses to sentimentalize the Kims’ togetherness or their poverty. — Mark Olsenstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, "Indie Focus: Get attached to ‘Parasite’," 11 Oct. 2019

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“Sentimentalize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sentimentalize. Accessed 22 Oct. 2020.

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