tear-jerker
Example Sentences
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That all changed in September after she used an artificial intelligence song generator to transform one of her poems into a tear-jerker called “How Was I Supposed to Know?”
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025
It’s the kind of deliciously painful tear-jerker that’s hard to write and even harder to believably pull off, but it’s also not surprising that this particular pairing will break your heart so beautifully.
From Salon • Sep. 2, 2025
Set to Richard Ashcroft's 1990s track Sonnet, the ad is a "real tear-jerker" and suggests the retailer wanted to "return to its roots", analysts said.
From BBC • Nov. 13, 2024
The famous line from “Love Story” — that “love means never having to say you’re sorry” — plays well in a swoony tear-jerker, but doesn’t hold up so well in the light of day.
From New York Times • Dec. 8, 2023
"All right," I muttered savagely, "let's go and get a tear-jerker to write!"
From The Harbor by Poole, Ernest
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
