sentiment
tender, romantic, or nostalgic feeling or emotion
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,436 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 7,045 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- tender, romantic, or nostalgic feeling or emotion
- a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty also: opinion, persuasion, view, thought my opinion differs from yoursI am not of your persuasion
sentiment in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Before ye want a drop of rain, Hear the sentiment of Spain.
Poems Household Edition · Ralph Waldo Emerson · Chapter 1
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No comment need be made upon a condition of public sentiment responsible for such alarming results.
The Red Record Tabulated Statistics · Ida B. Wells-Barnett · Chapter 1
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But a glance over the faces of the little throng showed that public sentiment was against him.
The New Boy at Hilltop, and Other Stories · Ralph Henry Barbour · Chapter 1
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Jurgen was wearing such a cross, through motives of sentiment, because it had once belonged to his dead mother.
Jurgen: A Comedy of Justice · James Branch Cabell · Chapter 1
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Mrs. Gonorowsky then withdrew, leaving a kindly sentiment in Teacher's heart and an atmosphere of ironing-boards and onions in the hall.
Little Citizens: The Humours of School Life · Myra Kelly · Chapter 1