tear-jerking
Example Sentences
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James Anderson's moment of the year might have been his 700th wicket in Dharamsala, only for a tear-jerking goodbye to come in his very next Test at Lord's.
From BBC • Dec. 13, 2024
Fights are often whimsical but are the rewarding culmination of tear-jerking backstories and intricately planned world-building.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 4, 2023
The New York Times described it as a “wildly excessive, flamboyantly sentimental, tear-jerking, thigh-slapping homage to Dostoyevsky and Tolstoy — and the game of baseball.”
From Seattle Times • Jul. 4, 2023
The annual in memoriam segment is never short on tear-jerking moments, given the bonds that fans — and fellow musicians — have with their favorite artists.
From New York Times • Feb. 6, 2023
They advertise very extensively, including half an hour of tear-jerking drama on a national hookup during soap-opera time.
From Murder in the Gunroom by Piper, H. Beam
