| 1. | "But I like sentimental people.. - from The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde |
| 2. | Bumble, with a sentimental sternness. - from Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens |
| 3. | But there's no need to be sentimental about it.. - from The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie |
| 4. | Some of them do it by going in for sentimental colours. - from The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde |
| 5. | No dainty rhymes or sentimental love verses for you terrible year. - from Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman |
| 6. | I've always jumped on sentiment--and here I am being more sentimental than anybody. - from The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie |
| 7. | Oh, boys, don't be sentimental it's bad for the digestion Take a tonic, follow me SINGS, AND ALL FOLLO. - from Moby Dick; or The Whale by Herman Melville |
| 8. | In all charitable, philanthropic and community "drives" he gives freely but is not lavish nor sentimental about it. - from How to Analyze People on Sight by Elsie Lincoln Benedict and Ralph Paine Benedict |
| 9. | He has no fins on his back most other porpoises have, he has a lovely tail, and sentimental Indian eyes of a hazel hue. - from Moby Dick; or The Whale by Herman Melville |