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Recent Examples of sentimentalize
Trendy, vapid Chazelle sentimentalized a token Mexican immigrant in Babylon, but Jordan and waggish co-screenwriter William Monahan, who scripted Scorsese’s The Departed, plays with ethnicity (those Irish mugs, Lange’s perfect brogue, and Cumming’s perfect Southern twang).
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Armond White, National Review, 17 Feb. 2023
For a while, that omission feels like the right decision, born of a principled refusal to sentimentalize a killer or ascribe his actions to a tidy, convenient set of motives.
—Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2022
The paltry point of this is to sentimentalize the blue transformation/degradation of the West.
—Armond White, National Review, 21 Dec. 2022
The play that has been so keen-eyed about sentimentalizing the industry starts to sentimentalize a little towards the end.
—Helen Shaw, Vulture, 10 May 2022
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Armond White, National Review, 17 Feb. 2023
For a while, that omission feels like the right decision, born of a principled refusal to sentimentalize a killer or ascribe his actions to a tidy, convenient set of motives.
—Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2022
The paltry point of this is to sentimentalize the blue transformation/degradation of the West.
—Armond White, National Review, 21 Dec. 2022
The play that has been so keen-eyed about sentimentalizing the industry starts to sentimentalize a little towards the end.
—Helen Shaw, Vulture, 10 May 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sentimentalize
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Luckily, Mondadori was as enthused by the prospect as Wetenhall.—
Alia Akkam,
Architectural Digest,
21 Jan. 2025
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The event was heavily focused on helping rebuild Los Angeles in the wake of devastating wildfires, with host Trevor Noah enthusing that viewers had donated several million dollars to a variety of relief organizations during the telecast alone.—
SPIN Staff,
SPIN,
3 Feb. 2025
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King Charles has rhapsodized about the charms of Romania for decades.—
David Segal,
New York Times,
1 May 2023
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And the nearly 2,000 participants —even millennials and GenZers — rhapsodized about Roth.—
Karen Heller,
Washington Post,
22 Mar. 2023
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Earlier this month, Grande gushed over her boyfriend while speaking to their mutual friend Sean Hayes during the Feb. 3 episode of the SmartLess podcast.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
26 Feb. 2025
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Or any of the many, many times that Kelce has gushed about his girlfriend on this very podcast?—
Kathleen Walsh,
Glamour,
26 Feb. 2025
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Throughout the 4 Nations tournament, head coach Jon Cooper has raved about Crosby’s impact on the group.—
Chris Johnston,
The Athletic,
19 Feb. 2025
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Shriver raved about her son and the series on Instagram, while his father weighed in too, in classic style.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA TODAY,
19 Feb. 2025
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This foaming formula, which effuses notes of warm vanilla and decadent almond, gently cleans the skin with a cocktail of nourishing oils, including castor, grapeseed, avocado, coconut, and sunflower seed for a healthy dose of antioxidants, vitamins, and fatty acids.—
Lauren Dana Ellman,
Allure,
30 Nov. 2024
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Into a routine casting call one afternoon walks Michael, an Ohio ice-cream truck driver effusing sappy memories of watching the series every morning with his family over bacon and eggs.—
Angie Han,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Sep. 2019
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The world saw this five-man group as an ideal of friendship, a community working and living together, fussing and fighting but making rough beauty out of it.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
21 Jan. 2025
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Palmieri also has a 16-team no-trade list but, like Nelson, certainly should not be fussed about being moved to a Cup contender for a few months.—
Arthur Staple,
The Athletic,
16 Jan. 2025
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And more than 130 people said their therapist fell asleep during therapy — sometimes going so far as to start drooling or snoring.—
Christina Caron,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2025
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Art Deco is enticing in art and in theaters, not so much in a home with drooling pets and messy toddlers.—
Amanda Lauren,
Forbes,
19 Dec. 2024
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“Sentimentalize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sentimentalize. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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