A "sentimental feeling" refers to an emotional response that is deeply connected to memories or personal attachments. It often evokes warmth, nostalgia, or tenderness. Full definition
There's a chance some younger gamers out there won't get the same sentimental feelings from this design. (seganerds.com)
Love for neighbor and enemy depends not on an emotional and sentimental feeling of pity or admiration, which finds in the most profligate individual the spark of the divine, of noble, inextinguishable humanity; rather it depends on the command of God. (religion-online.org)
What surprises me the most about Real Steel is the way this film featuring robots evoked such sentimental feelings in me — similar to the way I reacted to WALL * E, that marvelous animated movie about a trash - collecting robot. (reeltalkreviews.com)