sentimental
adjective
sen·ti·men·tal
ˌsen-tə-ˈmen-tᵊl 
1
a
: marked or governed by feeling, sensibility, or emotional idealism
b
: resulting from feeling rather than reason or thought
a sentimental attachment
a sentimental favorite
2
: having an excess of sentiment or sensibility
sentimentally
adverb
Synonyms
Examples of sentimental in a Sentence
He has a sentimental attachment to his old high school.
She saved her wedding gown for sentimental reasons.
He has sentimental ideas about the past.
I tend to get very sentimental when I think about my childhood.
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Ultimately, though, Harper doesn’t seem to feel sentimental affinity toward any of her elders.
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Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 9 Aug. 2024
That sentimental identification is every bit as stereotypical as the Jugendstil in Leni Riefensthahl’s mountain movies that inspired Snyder’s ambivalent Aryan and neo-Nazi iconography.
—Armond White, National Review, 9 Aug. 2024
The Irish writer who relocated to Paris, found inspiration in the French language and became one of the most innovative literary artists of the second half of the 20th century, was allergic to the uplifting pieties and sentimental profundities that are the mainstay of screen biographies.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2024
The action involves Cooper’s efforts to give Riley a regular sentimental father-daughter outing while also eluding capture.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2024
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Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 9 Aug. 2024
That sentimental identification is every bit as stereotypical as the Jugendstil in Leni Riefensthahl’s mountain movies that inspired Snyder’s ambivalent Aryan and neo-Nazi iconography.
—Armond White, National Review, 9 Aug. 2024
The Irish writer who relocated to Paris, found inspiration in the French language and became one of the most innovative literary artists of the second half of the 20th century, was allergic to the uplifting pieties and sentimental profundities that are the mainstay of screen biographies.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2024
The action involves Cooper’s efforts to give Riley a regular sentimental father-daughter outing while also eluding capture.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2024
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“Sentimental.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sentimental. Accessed 19 Aug. 2024.
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sentimental
adjective
sen·ti·men·tal
ˌsent-ə-ˈment-ᵊl
1
a
: marked by feeling or sentiment
b
: resulting from feeling rather than reason or thought
2
: having an excess of sentiment or sensibility
sentimentally
adverb
-ᵊl-ē
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