sentimentalizing

And he had a big "question mark" about that; he accused them of "sentimentalizing," i.e., reacting emotionally to events.

Dove's Eye View: 2008

I've always had problems with academics who've sneered at Disney for "sentimentalizing" and "oversimplifying" literary works or the complex wonders of nature.

Archive 2008-04-01 Jeff Massie 2008

I've always had problems with academics who've sneered at Disney for "sentimentalizing" and "oversimplifying" literary works or the complex wonders of nature.

Disney, Extoller of Nature Steve Hulett 2008

We've all heard the cynics blaming the Hallmarkians of the world for sentimentalizing love.

Dr. Susan Corso: A Valentine For Peace Dr. Susan Corso 2011

Often used to gently mock nostalgia or sentimentalizing, especially for that which may never have existed.

Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011

Rudyard Kipling's accounts of life and death in Pathan lands, though frowned upon by higher-ups for sentimentalizing imperialism, won avid readers with the other side in the old Great Game.

Moscow vs. the Mujahideen Brian M. Downing 2011

It's a situation ripe for sentimentalizing -- a temptation the author has resolutely resisted.

Mother tries to stay ahead of grief in David Grossman's "To the End of the Land" Donna Rifkind 2010

We've all heard the cynics blaming the Hallmarkians of the world for sentimentalizing love.

Dr. Susan Corso: A Valentine For Peace Dr. Susan Corso 2011

It's a situation ripe for sentimentalizing -- a temptation the author has resolutely resisted.

Mother tries to stay ahead of grief in David Grossman's "To the End of the Land" Donna Rifkind 2010

Often used to gently mock nostalgia or sentimentalizing, especially for that which may never have existed.

Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011