sentimentalizing

present participle of sentimentalize

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for sentimentalizing
Verb
  • In his weirdest picture—the late, baroque, campy Allegory of Faith—a bug-eyed female figure is shown clutching her chest, one foot balanced perilously on a globe, while a snake gushing blood from its jaws gyrates in the foreground.
    Clare Bucknell, Harpers Magazine, 23 June 2026
  • The rain just came pouring, gushing down.
    Kerri Corrado, CBS News, 23 June 2026
Verb
  • There’s a reason everyone from Guillero del Toro and Ben Stiller to Damon Lindelolf (Lost) is raving about the show.
    Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 21 June 2026
  • With over 55,000 reviews on Amazon, people cannot stop raving about this chic jumpsuit.
    Caroline Hughes, Travel + Leisure, 20 June 2026
Verb
  • There’s the Swede promoting the power of ranch dressing, the Italians marveling at fountain drinks with ice and free refills, the English rhapsodizing over chicken parm and just about everyone shouting out the friendliness of the businesses that served them.
    Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2026
  • The chat ended with Taylor trying to keep her cool while rhapsodizing about her love for the classic 1990 Julia Roberts/Richard Gere romcom Pretty Woman.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 26 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Hijinks ensue, but no actual harm comes to big, slobbering Beethoven.
    Camille Perri, PEOPLE, 10 June 2026
  • Incontestably, love letters are, very often, slobbering slop.
    Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
Verb
  • If chewed or ingested, some of these products can cause drooling, stomach upset, and other signs of toxicity in pets.
    Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 15 June 2026
  • This pitching matchup will have the purists drooling.
    Darren Cooper, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
Verb
  • Pelley’s fawning interview with then-president Biden tells a different story.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 11 June 2026
  • Along for the ride is his fawning, idiotic buddy Stevie (Steve Little).
    Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 8 June 2026
Verb
  • Yes, teaching by example is often a better way of handling a challenge than fussing about it.
    Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 17 June 2026
  • Ever the dedicated mother, Stacy runs to her adult daughter’s aid, fussing at her for not using a driver for her errands.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 13 Mar. 2026
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“Sentimentalizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sentimentalizing. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.

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