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
“There might even be some happy songs coming” — a surprise, perhaps, for a woman whose debut closes with a gorgeous barroom weeper called “Sad Songs for Sad People.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2023
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
I know I wasn't supposed to, but the second time I watched the emotionally disemboweling prestige weeper "Dear Edward," the Apple TV+ adaptation of Ann Napolitano's best-selling 2020 novel, I thought of Prince Harry.
From Salon ● Feb. 26, 2023
Paisley, who was really interested in the child, kindly wiped away his tears with the corner of her white apron, and gently led the weeper from the room.
From Mark Hurdlestone Or, The Two Brothers by Susanna Moodie