tearjerker
Example Sentences
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Quite the tearjerker, coming from some old Western writer.
From Salon
It was promising that the queer tearjerker, "Spoiler Alert," opened to respectable box office.
From Salon
At others, it feels like a more formulaic, holiday-themed tearjerker — the passing years are marked in a Christmas card montage! — that wrings our tears in unsubtle ways.
From Seattle Times
On this side of the Atlantic, we might even refer to it as a “tearjerker.”
From Los Angeles Times
The lighting was inspired by the 1970 tearjerker romance "Love Story."
From Reuters
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
