Sentence examples for concern sentimental from inspiring English sources

The risks inherent in making fiction out of the encounter between privileged Europeans and powerless dark-skinned non-Europeans are immense: earnestness without rigor, the mere confirmation of the right kind of political "concern," sentimental didacticism.

Even his sentimental concern for children in general, and his own family in particular, doesn't tell us that much about him.

It was a role that showed off Williams's talents – the zaniness, the dressing up, the bizarrely transparent absurdity, combined with his big-hearted, faintly lachrymose vulnerability and sentimental concern for children.

It seems to have liberated this year's panel to shed sentimental concerns and focus on the very best book of the year, rather than viewing the prize as a lifetime achievement award, evident in the absence of eternal bridesmaid Beryl Bainbridge from the short list.

He is concerned that large-scale, sentimental thinking — "monumentalism," he calls it — has paralyzed the rebuilding process.

He is concerned that large-scale, sentimental thinking—"monumentalism," he calls it—has paralyzed the rebuilding process.

"They really wanted this watch, but as far as they were concerned it was purely sentimental," White recounts.

Only a few of his sentimental poems concerned serious subjects.

By Richard Brody June 5, 2015 "Spy" is a sentimental comedy, more concerned with having Melissa McCarthy play a likable, relatable character than with tapping her true comedic genius.

This sentimental, unfunny movie concerns the competition between three "birders" who spend the year and thousands of dollars travelling from Maine to the Aleutians to become champion bird spotters.

They aren't really different; like the rest of the soldiers on the field, they fight so they won't die, not due to any particular concerns about honor and other sentimental concepts that can get people killed.