tearjerker
noun
a story, play, movie, or the like that is sentimental or sad enough to evoke pangs of emotion to the point of tears.
tearjerking
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a word derived from
tearjerker.
Example Sentences
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"There are plenty of tearjerking moments throughout the documentary, but there are also many moments of joy and hope."
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2024
There are campfire reckonings, sudden betrayals and tearjerking plot turns, including one that throws Paul and David’s long-running Sturm und Drang into sharp relief.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2020
It is tempting to ascribe “Kidding” ’s wobbliness of tone—its skids from dark comedy to tearjerking melodrama, its conjunction of whimsy and dread—to the influence of Michel Gondry, who directs a majority of the episodes.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 5, 2018
Perhaps one of the most tearjerking moments comes when Rogers states, “Love is at the root of everything: all learning, all relationships. Love, or the lack of it.”
From Slate ● Mar. 21, 2018
Matt Berninger, the tearjerking baritone singer and lyricist from The National, teamed up with Brent Knopf, the mastermind behind Ramona Falls and member of Menomena, to write “Return to the Moon.”
From Salon ● Nov. 13, 2015
