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Recent Examples of mawkish Roz rescues wildlife in a Noah’s Ark analogue, then goes from being a disingenuous Christ figure offering sacrifice and promise (but no resurrection) to a mawkish maternal figure. Armond White, National Review, 26 Feb. 2025 Beyond all the legal and even medical specifics resides a sense of communal understanding, and — at the risk of sounding mawkish — a deep and abiding love for one’s fellow human beings, which Feder taps into with aplomb. Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 28 Jan. 2025 The flashbacks are dreamy without becoming mawkish, and Gemma’s scenes in Lumon are nightmarish without feeling untethered or otherwordly. Ben Travers, IndieWire, 28 Feb. 2025 Roz rescues wildlife in a Noah’s Ark analogue, then goes from being a disingenuous Christ figure offering sacrifice and promise (but no resurrection) to a mawkish maternal figure. Armond White, National Review, 26 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for mawkish
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Adjective
  • Whether preserving the original design (like Adrienne Bailon in 2019) or creatively recycling it (as Troian Bellisario did at the 2020 Golden Globes), these sentimental pieces are finding new life.
    Janine Henni, People.com, 17 May 2025
  • While the highlight of the weekend is usually the Dragon Boat Races — which have drawn competitors and crowds since 1991 — the sentimental favorite is the water lantern release onto the lake.
    Edwin Goei, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2025
Adjective
  • Sinner won a bizarre semifinal in his first tournament back from a three-month doping ban, while Alcaraz triumphed in a sloppy duel.
    Sam Settleman, New York Times, 17 May 2025
  • Denver defeated Gang Green 10-9 last season in a rainy, sloppy affair at MetLife Stadium.
    Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 13 May 2025
Adjective
  • Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and other members of the U.S. central bank are meeting Tuesday and Wednesday, trying to chart a path where the U.S. can avoid both a recession and sticky inflation.
    Jesse Pound, CNBC, 6 May 2025
  • Relevance is a particularly sticky word, one that lacks nuance.
    Eric Crosby, Artforum, 1 May 2025

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“Mawkish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mawkish. Accessed 22 May. 2025.

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