weepie
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of weepie
Example Sentences
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He noted how there were "giant laughs for Hugh Grant" but that the "weepie sequel is strangely dazed".
From BBC • Feb. 17, 2025
Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield elevate this weepie directed by John Crowley, but the movie’s jumbled timeline distances you from their anguish.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2024
This may be news to the three adults at the center of Jared Moshé’s film “Aporia,” a deeply silly time-travel weepie buoyed solely by the soapy warmth of its performances.
From New York Times • Aug. 10, 2023
Now, arriving just in time for Christmas, we have “Spoiler Alert,” a heart-rending holiday weepie about two men in love, facing cancer together.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 1, 2022
For most of their runs, the NBC weepie and ABC family sitcom kept network programming on the Emmys radar.
From Washington Post • Jul. 12, 2022
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