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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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Much of Hurry Up Tomorrow sees the Weeknd trying to make peace with his transformation—wrestling with the old habits that haunt him, watching his legacy slip away, recognizing the limits of hedonism, navigating nostalgia and sentimentality.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Jan. 2026
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Taurus’s affinity with sentimentality and enduring love will draw them to this magical story that transcends lifetimes and generations for these soulmates to unite.—
Lisa Stardust,
PEOPLE,
9 Jan. 2026
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Demon Slayer, the first of a series-ending film trilogy, is a master class in hyper-kinetic, violent battles and high-stakes melodrama, in which a sequence of epic duels is intercut with emotional character backstories.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Jan. 2026
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Dabis embraces the conventions of melodrama with sombre grace.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
14 Jan. 2026
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The Carolina Panthers saw their season come to an end in a way that tugged on all sorts of emotions — after a game that was equal parts thrilling and blissful and heartbreaking.—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
11 Jan. 2026
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Videos of the incident have sparked widespread emotion and anger.—
Briseida Holguin,
CBS News,
11 Jan. 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 22 Jan. 2026.
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