mawkish

the mawkish smell of warm beer.

And tenderness, too—but does that appear a mawkish thing to desiderate in life?

The movie was criticized for its mawkish sentimentality.

She couldn't stand his mawkish attempts at flirting.

The novel's ending was overly mawkish and predictable.

His mawkish behavior made everyone uncomfortable.

The speech was filled with mawkish cliches.

I found the love scenes in the movie to be mawkish and unrealistic.

The song's lyrics were criticized for being too mawkish.

He wrote a mawkish love letter to his crush.

The play's dialogue felt forced and mawkish.

She cringed at the mawkish display of affection in the romantic comedy.