\\\"a bathetic novel\\\"
\\\"maudlin expressions of sympathy\\\"
\\\"mushy effusiveness\\\"
\\\"a schmaltzy song\\\"
\\\"sentimental soap operas\\\"
\\\"slushy poetry\\\"

\\\"that artificial humility that her husband hated\\\"
\\\"contrived coyness\\\"
\\\"a stilted letter of acknowledgment\\\"
\\\"when people try to correct their speech they develop a stilted pronunciation\\\"