To her credit, Leslie treats them seriously, without sentimentalizing the characters or their experiences. |
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At the same time, seeing them in a humorous light helps me to avoid sentimentalizing them. |
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The preliminary design succeeds in preserving the High Line's tough industrial character without sentimentalizing it. |
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This is not mere sentimentalizing, but a way of reconciling the dreams and aspirations of the past with present reality. |
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It warns us against sentimentalizing the deaths of innocents while also reminding us of the catalytic power of empathy. |
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A sign which almost invariably presages the decadence of an aristocracy is the intrusion of humanitarian feelings and of affected sentimentalizing which render the aristocracy incapable of defending its position. |
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There's some truth in that, although it can be countered that sentimentalizing animals doesn't do them much good — it hasn't done anything to stop the daily mass violence that they face. |
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