weepy

Example Sentences

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“Forces loyal to the absent Shah of Iran swept iron-willed, weepy old Premier Mohammed Mossadegh out of power today with a bloody nine-hour coup,” the Associated Press wrote Aug. 20, 1953.

From Barron's • Mar. 5, 2026

I’ve gotten weepy watching some of those speeches, too.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 28, 2026

While I had my hair and makeup done in front of the hotel window overlooking the faux Eiffel Tower, with the Bellagio fountain going off every 30 minutes, I was weepy.

From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2025

“Misericordia” subverts the long-held idea that gay coming-home movies equate to weepy melodramas.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2025

Most of the time if I started sounding weepy and whiny he’d take right off.

From "The Watsons Go to Birmingham" by Christopher Paul Curtis