sentiment
IPA: sˈɛntʌmʌnt
noun
- A general thought, feeling, or sense.
- (uncountable) Feelings, especially tender feelings, as apart from reason or judgment, or of a weak or foolish kind.
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Examples of "sentiment" in Sentences
- The song is a sentimental ballad.
- The scene plays into the hoary sentiment.
- The effect is a momentary sentiment of clarity.
- The sentiments expressed in this essay are laudable.
- Bereavement is a common theme of sentimental poetry.
- The advantage of erotic love is the sentimentality of it.
- There should be sentiments for the kindred of the deceased.
- Excessive sentimentality often is associated with the term.
- But this mistake is the kernel of the sentimental embroidery.
- It's not maudlin or sentimental, but it is excitingly inspirational.
- The presentation and storage of the label sentiment system is half the fun!
- (Oh, wait, that was Joni Mitchell — but the sentiment is there, all right.)
- Size 14 Is Not Fat Either is no exception and, no surprise, love the title sentiment, again.
- McCain sentiment is a reciprocity of what Hillary said during some of the primary campaign seasons.
- However this sentiment is also shared by most of my male friends, a significant portion of whom are game devs.
- Personally, I hate Sofia Coppola like doctors hate cancer, and this sentiment is at peak levels these days with the wounds inflicted by “Marie Antoinette” still not fully healed.
- I swear to god, you are a whiny little troll but see .. the sentiment is the same – quibbling about the use of a specific word would be pointless, unless you were a conservative who was working overtime to dodge the obvious implied meaning.
- This sentiment is all but jettisoned, alas, by the time Snyder recasts the pathetic victories of sexually-reawakened schlub Night Owl (Patrick Wilson) and paramour Silk Spectre (a severely overmatched Malin Akerman) as triumphant victories.
- While Greek love is not a sentiment, it may be sentimental, that is, an _affectation of sentiment_, differing from real sentiment as adulation does from adoration, as gallantry or the risking of life to secure favors do from genuine gallantry of the heart and self-sacrifice for the benefit of another.
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