I don't wanna sound too sentimental, cos I'm really not.

And-well, there's no getting around it, and I don't mean to sound overly sentimental.

I know, it probably sounds sentimental but that's what it felt like to me at the time.

When he missed the mark, he could sound preachy or sentimental.

She never did get down to Slowyear," he added, sounding almost sentimental.

You don't tell them such things when you're young and your life is all before you-you're afraid of sounding sentimental and silly.

It might sound foolish and sentimental to you, but I have never in my life felt that way before.

But, she adds, "the violin is played with virtually no vibrato, because I didn't ever want it to sound sentimental."

And he declined the opportunity to sound sentimental or nostalgic.

Though all this sounds sentimental, try affirming instead.