1764, intransitive, "indulge in sentiments," from sentimental + -ize. Meaning "to make sentimental" (transitive) is from 1813. Related: Sentimentalized; sentimentalizing.
Think on these things, and let S______ go to Lincoln sessions by himself, and talk classically with country justices. In the meantime we will philosophize and sentimentalize;--the last word is a bright invention of the moment in which it was written, for yours or Dr. Johnson's service .... [Laurence Sterne, letter to William Combe, Esq., dated Aug. 5, 1764, published 1787]
实用例句
1. He seems either to fear women or to sentimentalize them.
他似乎要么怕女人要么就对她们怀有浪漫想法。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Jackie was careful not to sentimentalize country life.
杰基很注意，没有过分渲染乡村生活。
来自《权威词典》
3. He's the kind of filmmaker who doesn't hesitate to over-sentimentalize.
他是那种煽起情来不遗余力的电影制作人。
来自辞典例句
4. Don't sentimentalize when you talk about animals.
