tearjerker

Example Sentences

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I think of tragic movie characters in tearjerker films.

From Salon

“When Tanya’s reading them, it was a tearjerker for me and my wife,” he said.

From Fox News

Google took a tearjerker approach with its ad about an elderly widower recalling memories of his wife using Google’s voice assistant and photo album features.

From Washington Times

Filmmakers resisted the obvious temptation to make a tearjerker, to completely frame it around the cruelty of a peerless singer no longer able to sing.

From Seattle Times

The last quarter of the book is devoted to lists of books by subject: funny, tearjerkers, great girl or boy characters, kindness and empathy, and self-acceptance and identity, among others.

From Los Angeles Times