schmaltzy informal , also: schmalzy

Schmaltzy, but these things rankle; they count.

Schmaltzy, comedy-killing homilies about the importance of family?

Schmaltzy, God forbid?

Schmaltzy, a little sickly-sweet, but still irresistibly charming, this is almost the blueprint for Jay-Z's recent homage to fatherhood.

Schmaltzy Strauss waltzes bathed them like smog, made thinking just a little harder, made communication just a little more blurry even after you had learned to live with the noise.

"It may sound schmaltzy, but I have a strong spiritual center.

Such schmaltzy notions are the basic stuff of a world's fair.

She came around his side and leaned over to pick out the schmaltzy melody line.

"How do I answer without being schmaltzy or gross?"

The music from the schmaltzy piano bar leaves something to be desired.

It's sort of a schmaltzy movie, but it's not without its dark moments.

She made me shlep to the theater for tickets to a schmaltzy play.

There is no underestimating the power of that schmaltzy theme song.

It sounds schmaltzy, and it is a romance for the past.

The lampshades are better than the slightly too schmaltzy dialogue, it's certainly not the Killing.

It was simple, not too schmaltzy, just his style."

"He thinks that by coming to the Bronx and putting on all this schmaltzy stuff, he's going to make a difference.

At the time he was turning out winsome portraits of children and schmaltzy genre scenes.

It's a moving if slightly schmaltzy tribute to the richness of the city's cultural patrimony.

"The words they used for my music back in the 70's and 80's were schmaltzy and syrupy.

Nowadays, such a schmaltzy story line would typically evoke more smirks than tears.

Heather walks out during the dance, finding it schmaltzy and apparently not interested with the new Sandy.

The music may be schmaltzy, but her stand-out vocals transcended all that.

"We set out to make the game very schmaltzy, one of our rules is that we never show a bunny death.

"That food was made with care - I won't say love because it sounds too schmaltzy - and it did taste different."

"I'm a very schmaltzy person and I get all choked up when I come here," he said.

A bit of a whopper, yes, and often schmaltzy, but engaging enough for those who don't cling to every word.

It's getting less schmaltzy and dated, and I'm thrilled to be in on it."

Midler's hit is schmaltzy, but she gives it warmth and humanity.

Simon tries to write serious drama, but critics find him as schmaltzy as ever.