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.
  • 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 word, like the sentiment, has been around for a long time.
    The Economist, 22 June 2019
  • 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
  • But such a sentiment isn’t evinced in other parts of the world.
    Washington Post, 31 Dec. 2020
  • That sentiment is fine, but the follow-through is way off the mark.
    Rosemary Donahue, Allure, 18 Oct. 2017
  • That sentiment travels from hair all the way down to footwear.
    Leah Prinzivalli, SELF, 29 June 2018
  • The sentiment has been echoed in the nightlife industry.
    Paige Cornwell, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Sep. 2021
  • Catalonia and Spain will find out in the weeks ahead which of those sentiments is the stronger.
    The Economist, 21 Oct. 2017
  • None of the Democrats would quarrel with that last sentiment.
    Rick Klein, ABC News, 19 Feb. 2020
  • Vance doubled down on this sentiment as the war in Ukraine broke out.
    Orlando Mayorquin, USA TODAY, 28 Mar. 2022
  • The sentiment is now most acute among Black voters and the youngest voters.
    Reid J. Epstein, BostonGlobe.com, 13 July 2022
  • Krauss echoed the sentiment and said the study is not a cause for alarm for patients on semaglutide.
    John Loeppky, Verywell Health, 16 July 2024
  • But the intention, here, is more of a mixed bag of sentiment.
    K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 21 Dec. 2021
  • Despite the strong sentiments, Martin and Smith were clear: The pool can't stay.
    Scott Wartman, The Enquirer, 9 Mar. 2024
  • This same sentiment holds true for mothers around the world.
    Pauleanna Reid, Forbes, 21 May 2021
  • And that seems to be the sentiment from most everyone else on the roster, too.
    Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 8 June 2022
  • 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
  • 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
  • Those lines were published in 1965, and the sentiment is even truer decades later.
    Catie Marron, Washington Post, 14 June 2023
  • 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
  • Their hope for truth is a sentiment shared by the Jones family.
    CBS News, 1 Nov. 2021
  • Some of the displays of anti-U.S. sentiment have been less volatile.
    Rachel Ventresca, Fortune, 7 June 2024
  • There's no dearth of people who agree with the argument, if not the sentiment.
    Todd Spangler, Detroit Free Press, 3 Sep. 2021
  • That same sentiment is heard throughout the small and tight-knit submersible industry.
    J. George Gorant, Robb Report, 21 Sep. 2024
  • Even if the Bears get off to a slow start on the ground, the prevailing sentiment inside the locker room is that the truest way to get a reliable running game unlocked is to keep turning the key.
    Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2024

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