How to Use waterworks in a Sentence
waterworks
plural noun-
Gates was then told he would be inducted to the team's Hall of Fame, and that's when the waterworks came.
—Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 17 Aug. 2023
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So dogs turn on the waterworks and their owners roll over.
—Karen Hopkin, Scientific American, 24 Aug. 2022
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Cue the waterworks, this is just too precious for words!
—Maggie Horton, Country Living, 25 June 2023
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The park was once home to the city's waterworks and was the endpoint of a pipeline that carried water from the Verde River.
—azcentral, 5 Mar. 2020
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Cast member Leslie Jones joined him on stage and also brought the waterworks.
—Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya, Billboard, 11 Mar. 2018
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The waterworks came when Devin felt guilt for taking Nick across the world from his family.
—Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 13 Nov. 2023
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When you are emotionally aroused, the brain can send signals to your tear ducts to turn on the waterworks.
—Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Sep. 2022
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Donathan, of course, has an Aunt Patty; cue the waterworks.
—Rasputin Todd, Cincinnati.com, 9 May 2018
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But the real waterworks came at the end of the number when Shangela broke down in heaving sobs and her mom stepped out onto the dance floor to give her a hug.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 18 Oct. 2022
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Ben took a cat nap in the kiddie pool while Helen kept him cool with homemade waterworks.
—Kate Hogan, Peoplemag, 16 Nov. 2022
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The city decided to use eminent domain to seize the waterworks, and the two parties went to court.
—Robin Kaiser-Schatzlein, The New Republic, 1 Apr. 2022
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When the waterworks begin, there’s no holding them back.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 13 Aug. 2022
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Ilario is broken up about Walden’s death, but Damon doesn’t oversell the waterworks.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 30 July 2021
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How much plastic is in the drinking water of people served by the Cleveland waterworks?
—Staff Reports, cleveland, 8 Aug. 2022
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Meanwhile, Claire Danes toned down Carrie's waterworks, a nice change.
—Alex Berenson, Esquire, 18 Nov. 2012
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Fined but still not inclined to turn off your Bellagio-grade waterworks?
—Hannah Weinberger, Outside Online, 16 July 2014
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But the case of the waterworks employee calls into question the country’s efforts to address a rise in karoshi, or death from overwork.
—Yonette Joseph, New York Times, 22 June 2018
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But before Brunson could finish her thoughts, Kimmel brought out Ms. Abbott, and the waterworks kicked in.
—Marcus Jones, EW.com, 2 Feb. 2022
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The waterworks from the coiled frustration and utter heartbreak of losing a game, or ending a season with a sad thud, was often too much for me.
—Kevin Sampsell, Longreads, 3 Feb. 2018
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It was made all the more significant due to the fact that Jennifer Aniston made known that Cox isn't known for turning on the waterworks so easily.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 3 June 2021
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Nothing came of it, but since 2001, when a group of growers used crowbars to release supplies and U.S. marshals were called in to protect the waterworks, tensions have been high.
—Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Apr. 2022
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For years, experts have warned of the need to upgrade aging and often-neglected waterworks.
—The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Feb. 2021
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Cue the waterworks about 45 seconds later, when Bailey is laying in his boy's lap and both of their ages really begin to show.
—Kelly O'Sullivan, Country Living, 30 Jan. 2019
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Tuttle and Brickell would each donate large portions of their land if Flagler would build a railroad, provide waterworks and pay for a survey and the clearing of the streets.
—New York Times, 3 Dec. 2021
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Whoever comes up on top, Donna is preparing for a waterworks show of both happy and sad tears.
—Emily Weaver, Peoplemag, 8 Feb. 2023
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At any time, at least in theory, your bank accounts, your power, your waterworks, and everything else might seize up.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 26 Feb. 2022
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Euphoria set is the stuff of television legend, but the series’ actors had at least one on-set injury aiding the on-screen waterworks.
—Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 17 Oct. 2022
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But those perspectives themselves change over the course of the story, and Dowd, a virtuoso at turning on the waterworks, also knows precisely when to turn them off.
—Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2021
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The laws were later expanded to include stormwater and waterworks projects.
—Mark Curnutte, Cincinnati.com, 7 Feb. 2018
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As with Katims’s other projects, be prepared for waterworks.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 12 Jan. 2022
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