Sentence examples for corny sentimentality from inspiring English sources
It was the habit of certain people connected with the case to refer to the jury with deep contempt, as a parcel of boobs who could be seduced into swallowing anything by anybody who knew how to tickle them up by the right mixture of brutish prejudice and corny sentimentality; and it was odd to notice that the people who most despised the jury were those who most despised the Negroes.
Perhaps Tynan, by nature and trade, found any sentimentality chafing, corny - that's the easy interpretation.
There's a lot that's corny about the childishly volatile sentimentality with which NFL fans both worship and trash their interchangeable gladiator heroes, but projecting a little sentimentality onto one side in a bully-picked labor-versus-management fight makes a certain kind of sense, as does celebrating that win.
Yglesias skirts the edge of sentimentality, but again the thing that saves this revelation from being corny is its truth.
When Ms. Yearwood followed that thunderous song with a final corny ballad, "On the Bus to St . Cloud" her artful phrasing somehow purified it of sentimentality.
Aesthetically, their approach aims to avoid sentimentality — "We're always trying to think, How do we do this and not sound corny?" Poor said — and clichéd topics such as straightforward redemption or specific prison programs.
Bruce Springsteen "corny"?
