tear-jerking
Example Sentences
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Everyone indulged in prodigious scenery-chewing, eschewing any subtlety that Puccini built into this tear-jerking piece in favor of all-around bludgeoning.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
From a tear-jerking performance as Billy Elliot on the London stage aged 12, via Spider-Man to The Odyssey.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
The New York Times described it as a “wildly excessive, flamboyantly sentimental, tear-jerking, thigh-slapping homage to Dostoyevsky and Tolstoy — and the game of baseball.”
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 4, 2023
This year’s awards was marked by striking, tear-jerking tributes to artists past, present and deceased in its last ceremony at the venue under its Microsoft Theater name.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2023
They advertise very extensively, including half an hour of tear-jerking drama on a national hookup during soap-opera time.
From Murder in the Gunroom by H. Beam Piper
