Maudlin

Mary Magdalene inspires, these women say, because she was not a weakling -- the weeping Magdalene whose name begat the English word "maudlin" but a person of strength and character. ❋ Unknown (2007)

They whined insolently, and in maudlin tones begged me for pennies, and worse. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The word maudlin (67), and the complicated mixed metaphor in which the gilded toy of line 68 apparently becomes a sweetmeat in 69, suggest that Shelley is subtly alluding to the Prince of Wales's sentimental love affair with the twice-widowed Maria Fitzherbert (1756-1837), a Roman Catholic whom he could not wed legally without forfeiting the crown. ❋ Unknown (1812)

And being led and tempted on by this remorseful thought into a condition which the evil – minded class before referred to would term the maudlin state or stage of drunkenness, it occurred to Mr Swiveller to cast his hat upon the ground, and moan, crying aloud that he was an unhappy orphan, and that if he had not been an unhappy orphan things had never come to this. ❋ Unknown (2007)

This thin volume of india-ink illustrations took the term maudlin up a notch and failed miserably to engage. ❋ Dean Francis Alfar (2003)

The word maudlin (67), and the complicated mixed metaphor in which the gilded toy of line 68 apparently becomes a sweetmeat in ❋ Unknown (1997)

And that done, Trenchard -- who affected the condition known as maudlin drunk -- must needs protest almost in tears how profound was his love for Richard, and insist that the boy return with him to the Bell Inn, that they might pledge each other. ❋ Rafael Sabatini (1912)

Although the _Braave_ had vanished, she had left behind her a small legacy of annoyance for me; for while I was still searching the horizon for some sign of her continued existence I became aware of certain raucous sounds issuing from the forecastle, which I was quickly able to identify as the maudlin singing which seamen are so prone to indulge in when they are the worse for liquor. ❋ Harry Collingwood (1886)

And being led and tempted on by this remorseful thought into a condition which the evil-minded class before referred to would term the maudlin state or stage of drunkenness, it occurred to Mr Swiveller to cast his hat upon the ground, and moan, crying aloud that he was an unhappy orphan, and that if he had not been an unhappy orphan things had never come to this. ❋ Charles Dickens (1841)

And being led and tempted on by this remorseful thought into a condition which the evil-minded class before referred to would term the maudlin state or stage of drunkenness, it occurred to Mr. Swiveller to cast his hat upon the ground, and moan, crying aloud that he was an unhappy orphan, and that if he had not been an unhappy orphan things had never come to this. ❋ Unknown (1800)

In those articles I was made fun of because I go to church, I'm easy to do it that way, and I was called maudlin for the troops, because I honour the troops. ❋ Unknown (2010)

And I was called maudlin for the troops because I honor the troops, this is the kind of stuff you're going to be facing Rob with these left-wing pinkos. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Any number of possibilities exist for you to criticize the story, but it seems to me that you let the "maudlin" subject and the story's out-sized reputation get in the way of seeing what the story is. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I thought that meant it was the kind of maudlin, nothing-happens bullshit that only a woman on her period would voluntarily sit through, and mostly just because she feels too crappy to get up and leave. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Funnier still, I think, when one pronounces magdalene 'maudlin'. ❋ Unknown (2009)

What kind of maudlin artificer do they think God is? ❋ Unknown (2007)

Between Joe Sexton's "maudlin" note, his follow-up request to "Be Not Afraid," and now the latest, an invitation to drink with and yell at Bill Keller, it's a hard time for the Metro department; there are certainly a lot of invitations to drink. ❋ Unknown (2008)