MAWKISH in a Sentence

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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.