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Our hosts, Cumming and Chenoweth, had a mischievous rapport that cut through some of the schmalz, at least compared to their shiny, happy predecessors Neil Patrick Harris and Hugh Jackman.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 8, 2015

As a composer, Kreisler suffered a congenital Viennese weakness�a taste for melodious schmalz.

From Time Magazine Archive

Hitler's taste in movies ran to romantic schmalz and leggy revues; he could not abide Charlie Chaplin or Buster Keaton, Speer notes dryly.

From Time Magazine Archive

Duty at first conquers love, but in the end schmalz conquers all.

From Time Magazine Archive

Will you be content with that standard box-office schmalz?

From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger