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Recent Examples of emotionality
The numbers don’t do justice to the way the four power sources play together, however, delivering a seamless rush of force as the electric motors perfectly fill in the gaps in the engine’s power band, combining the immediacy of an EV with the emotionality of a high-revving V12.
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Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 6 Nov. 2025
Faking emotionality, the political comic spent the majority of his first segment cracking sarcastic jokes about how ungrateful the American populace is toward the GOP leader.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2025
These 14 songs never offer the slightest relief from the intense emotionality of the breakdown of her relationship.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 26 Oct. 2025
The emotionality around all of this in and around water, like the water has delivered me.
—Outside Online, 22 Oct. 2025
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Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 6 Nov. 2025
Faking emotionality, the political comic spent the majority of his first segment cracking sarcastic jokes about how ungrateful the American populace is toward the GOP leader.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2025
These 14 songs never offer the slightest relief from the intense emotionality of the breakdown of her relationship.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 26 Oct. 2025
The emotionality around all of this in and around water, like the water has delivered me.
—Outside Online, 22 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for emotionality
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While this gentler effort is unlikely to be similarly impactful, its witty humor and genuine emotionalism recall the best of Pixar, where its director worked as a story artist on such films as Wall-E and Incredibles 2.—
Frank Scheck,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Nov. 2025
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Arpino’s interest in popular culture, athletic technique, and unapologetic emotionalism has found a new audience in the post-Balanchine world.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
26 Sep. 2025
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Yet sentimentality had little place in how Holtz ran the Notre Dame program.—
Pete Sampson,
New York Times,
4 Mar. 2026
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The tragedy is so unobstructed and there’s no wash of sentimentality over it.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Feb. 2026
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Anderson is here for the melodrama, the special lessons and the climaxes that fall flat.—
Jessica Lipsky,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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What separates great literature from cheap melodrama is not the grief the story contains, but whether the writing has earned it.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Mar. 2026
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For many Iranians, the war stirs a complicated mix of emotions.—
Kara Fox,
CNN Money,
6 Mar. 2026
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In Minnesota, where many are reeling from the recent large-scale immigration crackdown, Ramadan came amid a powerful mix of emotions, according to Imam Yusuf Abdulle.—
Luis Andres Henao,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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These films explore those bonds without ever resorting to bromides or mawkishness.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
7 Nov. 2025
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Then things just unravel into a half-hour of thoroughly phony mawkishness.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Sep. 2025
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There’s a word for this loss of self in devotion: cathexis.—
Janey Starling,
refinery29.com,
10 Apr. 2020
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“Emotionality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emotionality. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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