| He steered the client out in the corridor, where the poor man, clearly confused and with no verbal skills, stood for a few minutes staring mawkishly around. |
| Although mawkishly sentimental, it has just about enough sugar to make it work as a PG-rated film. |
| He croons the words mawkishly, holding the mike close to his mouth, keeping a straight face. |
| Sure, he was fervently patriotic, mawkishly sentimental and often ludicrous. |
| The families were written off as people who were mawkishly holding on to the past and accused of looking for someone to blame. |
