Definition of "sentimentalizes" []

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of sentimentalize. (verb)

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• "Rock & roll too often condescends to, ignores or sentimentalizes the everyday life of the people who move in and out of that light, who populate the highways, bars, and factories of these songs."
• "The film tames and sentimentalizes him, and in showing respect for Barney's author turns his creation into something unforgivably respectable."
• "Her fondness for her characters softens but never sentimentalizes them, which is why Oliver Platt's Alex can be a fount of self-indulgence, yet so likable - and even, with that delicate cleft chin on that giant head, romantic."