tearjerker
noun
tear·jerk·er
ˈtir-ˌjər-kər 
: a story, song, play, film, or broadcast that moves or is intended to move its audience to tears
Examples of tearjerker in a Sentence
I'm not in the mood to see a tearjerker. Let's watch something funny instead.
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Others, like this early tearjerker episode of ABC's enduring medical drama, can pull your heartstrings, just like every other episode.
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Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 21 Nov. 2024
In the hands of Nelson, the song — with atmospheric, funereal production and Willie’s tearjerker vocals — becomes autobiographical.
—Andrew Kirell, NBC News, 29 Oct. 2024
The film — which A24 will release on a date still to be determined — is a good old-fashioned tearjerker, a more modern and risqué version of something that, say, Walter Pidgeon and Greer Garson would have starred in together 80 years ago.
—Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
One of the best tearjerkers ever made, Field of Dreams is kind of the ultimate Father’s Day movie, a flick that seems to be about the great American love for baseball that reveals itself to be more about fatherhood than anything else.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 14 June 2024
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Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 21 Nov. 2024
In the hands of Nelson, the song — with atmospheric, funereal production and Willie’s tearjerker vocals — becomes autobiographical.
—Andrew Kirell, NBC News, 29 Oct. 2024
The film — which A24 will release on a date still to be determined — is a good old-fashioned tearjerker, a more modern and risqué version of something that, say, Walter Pidgeon and Greer Garson would have starred in together 80 years ago.
—Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
One of the best tearjerkers ever made, Field of Dreams is kind of the ultimate Father’s Day movie, a flick that seems to be about the great American love for baseball that reveals itself to be more about fatherhood than anything else.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 14 June 2024
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“Tearjerker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tearjerker. Accessed 25 Dec. 2024.
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