“But isn't that what you call sentimental?” said Vincent. From Wordnik.com. [Father Payne]
You say 'the sentimental is always a got-up thing,' a 'do at the bottom of it.'. From Wordnik.com. [Selections from the Letters of Geraldine Endsor Jewsbury to Jane Welsh Carlyle] Reference
I went back to the Philippines with MacArthur on his final journey there in 1961, what he called his sentimental journey. From Wordnik.com. [In Our Image: America's Empire in the Philippines] Reference
And her eyes were big and gentle; her expression sentimental. From Wordnik.com. [The Famous Pig Song] Reference
And publishers just aren't interested in sentimental holiday songs anymore. From Wordnik.com. [iSteve.com's 1st Annual Recent Christmas Song Search] Reference
Crucially, it was in sentimental terms that he called for such a literature. From Wordnik.com. [Introduction: A History of Transatlantic Romanticism] Reference
For the meanings of tears in sentimental fiction see Csengei, "I Will Not Weep.". From Wordnik.com. [Notes] Reference
I have no interest in sentimental, saccharine portrayals life's too short for untruths. From Wordnik.com. [Claire Messud discusses The Emperor's Children] Reference
What was it about childhood and homelife that made people weep in sentimental love when they thought about it?. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-12-01] Reference
It has nothing that is called sentimental about it. From Wordnik.com. [Escape, and Other Essays] Reference
I am just what you people call the sentimental fool. From Wordnik.com. [Blog De Ganz | Archive | December] Reference
Identification is too sentimental, which is dangerous, Ricks said. From Wordnik.com. [RightWingBob.com] Reference
Because it's not soapy and sentimental, which is always the danger. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
The Boer is not what one would call a sentimental person; he is practical in all his ways. From Wordnik.com. [The Boer in Peace and War] Reference
But though, like these eminent personages, he may be called a sentimental writer, and though. From Wordnik.com. [Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold] Reference
There are times where the movie was what many can call sentimental and yeah...but it worked. From Wordnik.com. [Pixar’s Up Finally Gets First Negative Review | /Film] Reference
He was through life what may be called a sentimental Radical, so far as Radicalism was compatible with an ardent worship of. From Wordnik.com. [The English Utilitarians, Volume II (of 3) James Mill] Reference
It must not be forgotten that there exists in the minds of many Northern white men and women what may be termed a sentimental. From Wordnik.com. [The American Negro: What He Was, What He Is, and What He May Become: A Critical and Practical Discussion] Reference
The nostalgia wrapped around this cookbook struck a chord and recalled sentimental thoughts and experiences which had long passed. From Wordnik.com. ["The Story Behind Grandmother's Cookbook"] Reference
Maybe some kind of sentimental affection or remorse. From Wordnik.com. [The Black Echo]
I had in that house has some kind of sentimental value to me. From Wordnik.com. [Alive In Truth] Reference
It is just the kind of sentimental stunt that Poddy would do. From Wordnik.com. [Podkayne Of Mars]
I probably kept way too many emails for "sentimental" reasons. From Wordnik.com. [Tagged - I'm It...] Reference
It is just the kind of sentimental stunt that Poddy would pull. From Wordnik.com. [Podkayne Of Mars]
Our great-great-grandfathers loved that kind of sentimental melodrama. From Wordnik.com. [2010 Odyssey Two]
Paula praises her for being "sentimental," which she thinks is a compliment. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-04-01] Reference
The articles the military considers "sentimental," I received even before the funeral. From Wordnik.com. [Promises a Marine widow cannot bear to hear] Reference
Get extra rest, stay relaxed and don't fight those "sentimental" feelings when they come. From Wordnik.com. [Dr. Tian Dayton: Managing Grief Around The Holiday] Reference
Talk about "thumping truisms": This is the kind of sentimental thinking that Housman reviled. From Wordnik.com. ['The Invention of Love': An Exchange] Reference
I feel, besides, a kind of sentimental tenderness for this illusion fated to have so short a life. From Wordnik.com. [The Ghost Ship] Reference
To call the picture 'sentimental' would be an understatement, as it is often an ode to sentimentality. From Wordnik.com. [Scott Mendelson: Huff Post Review: Up (2009)] Reference
To echo that point, I think the use and meaning of the word "sentimental" has changed in modern times. From Wordnik.com. [Filling In] Reference
We think that's a kind of sentimental and silly way of looking at China's domestic political development. From Wordnik.com. [The Coming Conflict with China] Reference
I think that we have to be very careful about any kind of sentimental judgements about the progressiveness of the state. From Wordnik.com. [Oral History Interview with Anne Queen, April 30, 1976. Interview G-0049-1. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)] Reference
His raspy foghorn voice rolls over crunchy club beats and alongside Ashanti's girly vocals on more "sentimental" numbers. From Wordnik.com. [SNAP JUDGEMENT: MUSIC] Reference
DONOVAN: Yes it did, as I indicate in the book, and I don't know to what extent my bother is kind of sentimental and nostalgic. From Wordnik.com. [Right Places, Right time] Reference
Opposition blasts Hatoyama speech as 'redundant,' 'sentimental'+. From Wordnik.com. [News On Japan] Reference
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