This play maybe sad in tone, but is
never maudlin
or cynical.
This may seem a little callous, but these whimsical remembrances of " unc " have quickly
become maudlin.
Maudlin rumination
on loathsome rich kids and their disgusting, ill-mannered behavior, and their even more disgusting, ill-mannered parents.
In the early 1990s, it was easy for one to get
rather maudlin
about the new cars that were being introduced.
Maudlin, pop songs.
February 14, it would appear, is a day to be soppy, or maybe
even maudlin.
Maudlin regret.
Maudlin rubbish.
Maudlin affair, to be sure, a cabaret of pain.
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