sentimentalize
verb (used without object)
to indulge in sentiment.
sentimentalise
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a variation of
sentimentalize.
Example Sentences
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We must never sentimentalise anyone who seeks such power over us as well-intentioned.
From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2020
"The movie had the very best talents in Hollywood at that time working together to sentimentalise a history that never was," continued the Oscar-winning screenwriter of 12 Years A Slave.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2020
We want to believe in these absurd moments and sentimentalise the spirit they contain because it gives us hope that protest can work, and that there is strength in simple acts of humanity.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 11, 2017
Two portraits have been sutured to sentimentalise Stalin's life and closeness to Lenin.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 29, 2012
It seems to me a little like leaving a man unburied in order that we may come and sentimentalise over his bones.
From Father Payne by Arthur Christopher Benson
