tear-jerking
Example Sentences
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She also paid tribute to her late grandfather, the catalyst of her dreams, in the tear-jerking elegy “Querido Abuelo.”
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 14, 2024
Along the way she experienced gorgeous scenery, visa problems, an underground community of African bikers, lone rides through "scary" forests and an epic, tear-jerking homecoming celebration.
From BBC • Aug. 3, 2024
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
Its cast is a true ensemble, and its many characters and subplots have enabled him to explore new kinds of stories and relationships, some with tear-jerking sensitivity.
From New York Times • Jun. 14, 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
