After awhile, it was difficult to listen to the maudlin dialogue of the film.    From LearnThat.org. 

They whined insolently, and in maudlin tones begged me for pennies, and worse.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Vision of the Night] Reference

This thin volume of india-ink illustrations took the term maudlin up a notch and failed miserably to engage.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2003-07-01] Reference

The word maudlin (67), and the complicated mixed metaphor in which the gilded toy of line 68 apparently becomes a sweetmeat in.    From Wordnik.com.  [Annotations] Reference

Funnier still, I think, when one pronounces magdalene 'maudlin'.    From Wordnik.com.  [[the magdalene sisters] new entrants] Reference

I'd assume that it had some relation to the word "maudlin" if I had to guess.    From Wordnik.com.  ["It was a strategic mistake to send Sarah Palin out on the stump as warrior girl. Mr. McCain is war-y enough."] Reference

So I put it down to the kind of maudlin thoughts that can often come after a long dinner which stretches too far into the wee small hours.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me] Reference

Smethwick leein 'in t' bottom, singin 'maudlin' songs.    From Wordnik.com.  [Victorian Short Stories: Stories of Courtship] Reference

"Your apostrophe, as you are pleased to term the maudlin talk of.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Grey Cloak] Reference

When this was posted in the blue I learned what "maudlin" means.    From Wordnik.com.  [Popular Posts Across MetaFilter] Reference

Although some have described the book as "maudlin", I became entranced by the characters and the story.    From Wordnik.com.  [SA Latest News] Reference

"maudlin" environs of Helsinki's Olympic Stadium certainly brought the best out of the Bayern striker.    From Wordnik.com.  [Soccer Blogs - latest posts] Reference

But it's a syrupy, maudlin cliché, and so I don't.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tom Grimes's "The Leash": Narrative Magazine's Friday Feature] Reference

The album is a work of maudlin, hitmaking brilliance.    From Wordnik.com.  [Puff Daddy Alone, Plus A B.I.G. Angel] Reference

But it's a syrupy, maudlin cliché, and so I don't.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tom Grimes's "The Leash": Narrative Magazine's Friday Feature] Reference

This was not maudlin sentimentality; it struck deeper.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Seventh Noon] Reference

Yet, I had no time for maudlin dalliance with my feelings.    From Wordnik.com.  [Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver] Reference

It's just that "For The Good Times" is a maudlin, overrated song.    From Wordnik.com.  [Voice From The Darkness: Johnny Cash's Final Record] Reference

It did no good to become maudlin over what was irrevocably decided.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Seventh Noon] Reference

All the while, he sorts through a lifetime's worth of maudlin memories.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Sentimental Journey] Reference

They had reached a maudlin state, and were bewailing the fate of England.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ben Comee A Tale of Rogers's Rangers, 1758-59] Reference

The singing frequently redeems a treacly turn of phrase or a maudlin melody.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ricky Skaggs: A 'Mosaic' Of Modesty, Openness] Reference

A crashing blow straight on his maudlin mouth sent him reeling back against the table.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Fifth Ace] Reference

"It's awfully maudlin and I still don't like the way some phrases end," he told Zanuck.    From Wordnik.com.  [His Saddest Song] Reference

He was crying in a maudlin way, "You just take me to a place and I'll drink soft stuff.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Johnstown Horror!!! or, Valley of Death, being A Complete and Thrilling Account of the Awful Floods and Their Appalling Ruin] Reference

The Colonel actually wept at this point, and the maudlin tears were not altogether insincere.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Brigade Commander] Reference

Too sentimental, not heartfelt enough, trite, maudlin … most of the words were the wrong words.    From Wordnik.com.  [Camille] Reference

Some people may be maudlin, others angry, but one thing is universal to the condition: frustration.    From Wordnik.com.  [Don’t Wait For a Thank You, Mr. President] Reference

The wrenching but never maudlin "Silverlake Life" may be the most honest depiction of AIDS on screen.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Talent Bazaar] Reference

And how might one communicate a little of that unique experience without falling into maudlin cliche?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Patricia Zohn: Culture Zohn: Life in the Koolhaas] Reference

This is a house built on the rocks of righteousness that refuses to accept maudlin loathing as divine commandment.    From Wordnik.com.  [Emilie Townes: A House Built on the Rocks of Righteousness] Reference

Make it particularly maudlin, so we could all get a good laugh and NEWSWEEK could bring fleeting joy to a needy soul.    From Wordnik.com.  [My Turn: Fear and Loathing on The 'My Turn' Trail] Reference

At the risk of sounding maudlin and exceedingly melodramatic, this may indeed be the last time I speak to some of you.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Soldier's Journey: Michael Mundell] Reference

Nothing maudlin, nothing artificial, a candle lit in memory, and words of compassion to those who bear the burden of survival.    From Wordnik.com.  [The End of the Caricature] Reference

Get morose, maudlin and melodramatic and indulge your worst fears, your biggest nightmare and keep adding to that list as you need to.    From Wordnik.com.  [James M. Lynch: What, Me NOT Worry?] Reference