weeper

Example Sentences

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The wide tonal variation continues with “Don’t Let Go,” a gorgeous midtempo weeper with pedal-steel guitar, tinkly piano and mournful fiddle.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

As we will soon learn, George, a Midwestern farmer in late middle age, is stony and unsentimental, the opposite of a weeper.

From New York Times • Sep. 21, 2023

Bentley promises a diverse album, “from the arena shaker to the barroom weeper to the bluegrass fireballer.”

From Seattle Times • Feb. 21, 2023

My challenge for myself as a writer was to say, "Can I write about these things and have it not be a weeper?"

From Salon • May 6, 2022

The hand of the reaper Takes the ears that are hoary, But the voice of the weeper Wails manhood in glory.—Scott.

From Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency by Kennedy, John Pendleton