schmaltz
noun
exaggerated sentimentalism, as in music or soap operas.
schmalz
-
a variation of
schmaltz.
Example Sentences
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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
The Yellow River Concerto turns out to be delectable schmalz that rivals such an old classical "pops" favorite as the Warsaw Concerto.
From Time Magazine Archive
His name: Rudolf Friml, Dian's grandfather, composer of the melodic schmalz, a very youthful Bohemian of 70.
From Time Magazine Archive
Its hero-narrator, Ben Bloodworth, author of sentimental Jewish novels not unlike the high-grade schmalz Green himself rendered in The Last Angry Man, crashes an international literary conference in Paris.
From Time Magazine Archive
Will you be content with that standard box-office schmalz?
From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger
