MAWKISH in a Sentence
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Example sentences for MAWKISH, such as:Whenever Gigi and her boyfriend would sigh and get all lovey-dovey, her little brother would shout, "Yuck!" protesting their mawkish behavior.
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Meanings and Examples of MAWKISH
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mawkish
a. insincerely emotional; showing a sickly excess of sentiment
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1 Whenever Gigi and her boyfriend would sigh and get all lovey-dovey, her little brother would shout, "Yuck!" protesting their mawkish behavior.
2 This could be mawkish but Cooper delivers his lines with a crispness and an expert theatrical timing that avoids over-statement.