maudlin
adjective
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Contemporary Examples of maudlin
Whenever the script seems ready to surrender to maudlin excess, Gosling and McAdams are there to pull it back.
A Love Letter to ‘The Notebook,’ a Melodrama That Commits to Its SentimentalityTeo Bugbee
June 26, 2014
Also, beyond incompetence, he was meant to be weak, vain and maudlin.
This is a book that cries out like one of his maudlin ditties to be edited.
How can you write about that earlier self without being either patronizing or maudlin?
That kind of maudlin touch is what we expect … and live for.
Historical Examples of maudlin
The world has been degenerating into a maudlin state of sentiment for some years.
Roden's CornerHenry Seton Merriman
So was he above the maudlin sentiment of the "great lovers of noble histories."
A Son of HagarSir Hall Caine
"Ill-fated, indeed, an all accounts be true," returned Crispin in a maudlin voice.
The Tavern KnightRafael Sabatini
"And are damned for a croaking, maudlin' craven," added Joseph.
The Tavern KnightRafael Sabatini
He is probably an edifying spectacle by this time, a mush of maudlin penitence.
The Dominant StrainAnna Chapin Ray