'sentimental warmth' is a valid phrase in written English.
It is typically used to refer to a feeling of closeness, warmth, and fondness in a relationship. For example, "We shared a special moment together that was filled with sentimental warmth."
Yet it is written with modest flair and an attractive sentimental warmth.
The construction notebook reveals a remarkable combination of hard-headed calculation and sentimental warmth.
It also has a striking mixture of cruel insight and sentimental warmth that elevates it above cheaper concoctions.
Be warned, though: This is a play by Mr. McDonagh, which means that sentimental warmth can suddenly scorch and coziness turn claustrophobic.
A consultant versed in the semiotics of campaign style may have suggested the bright-red ensemble that she wore to the Democratic Convention (red is said to telegraph sentimental warmth to women voters), but throughout the spring she travelled in the same three or four black, taupe, or beige designer suits.
Just as the freezing snow of bleak midwinter is best enjoyed from behind a window, with a lovely open fire, so the sadness of a Christmas movie tends to come with a crackle of sentimental human warmth.
"I saw this boy who combined a wonderful sense of curiosity, openness and generosity with a warmth that wasn't sentimental or too cute," Mr. Heyman says.
The state of being moved or touched was conceptualized by Scherer and Zentner (2001) as being "accompanied by moist eyes, chills, thrills or gooseflesh" (p. 384) and exemplified by "tears shed during sentimental movies in the cinema or the flash of warmth experienced when hearing about a good deed".
Yes, it's a sentimental story, but very humane and, maybe even more important, executed with talent, warmth and polish.
The film's contrast between the warmth of bohemia and the sterile stultification of bourgeois life is sentimental and a little phony, expressed mostly by consumer and lifestyle choices.
We are so accustomed to cranky characters undergoing a sentimental sweetening that it's a shock when Leonor does the opposite, as her initial greeting slowly loses its warmth.
