Sentences with mawkish
mawk·ish
M m - A sordid, sentimental plot unwinds, with an inevitable mawkish ending.
- These two techno-thrillers are mawkish as well as hawkish, sliding from brutality to sentimentalism at the drop of a helmet.
- Respectful without being mawkish or sentimental, the film is fashioned with the heart Jackson always demanded of himself.
- In later years I would reread Steinbeck's famous novel with less enthusiasm, for its somewhat mawkish dialogue, unabashed sentimentalism.