tearjerkers
- plural of tearjerker.
Example Sentences
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If you're looking for a couple straight-up tearjerkers, I've got you covered: "Marriage Story," "About Time" and "Carol" all show some of the heavier sides of love.
From Salon • Feb. 6, 2021
He’s always been a gearhead, devoted to celluloid and sprocket holes, but his best movies are also sentimental as hell—big, sloppy tearjerkers wrapped inside clockwork thrillers.
From Slate • Aug. 27, 2020
“Wonder” and “Wonderstruck” were easily confused, both being family-friendly tearjerkers, but no one was going to forget one of the best-selling, most satisfying movies of the year: “Wonder Woman.”
From Washington Post • Mar. 1, 2018
In “Mostly Sondheim,” her critically acclaimed revue of songs by the composer, the singer interspersed his own compositions with numbers he admires - everything from Harold Arlen tearjerkers to the earthy, jazz-flecked “Hard-Hearted Hannah.”
From Washington Times • Aug. 8, 2017
Therefore this list doesn’t feature Robson and Jerome or Renée and Renato – it’s not a pure list of poignant tearjerkers.
From The Guardian • Feb. 12, 2017
