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Definition of tearjerker
: a story, song, play, film, or broadcast that moves or is intended to move its audience to tears
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Examples of tearjerker in a Sentence
I'm not in the mood to see a tearjerker. Let's watch something funny instead.
Recent Examples of tearjerker from the Web
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As in his 2013 prison-break tearjerker, Ain’t Them Bodies Saints, Lowery pairs Affleck with Rooney Mara and then tears them apart.
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Your Name is wistful and full of wonder, a dreamy tearjerker that is blissfully transporting.
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Nothing akin to the schmaltzy tearjerkers that feel like an assault on the senses, Barry Jenkins’s Moonlight is a portrait almost too touching for words.
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There are decent Allenesque situations and humor, but they are undermined by some flat jokes, a running gag that goes on too long and a tearjerker strain toward the end.
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From the funny to the heartwarming to the downright tearjerkers, here are a bunch of our favorite celebrity posts from this Mother’s Day.
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Among their LPs, Pepper is not the most moving (only two tearjerkers) or the most consistent (at least two space-fillers).
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The Tony nominations are in, and Josh Groban, Bette Midler, and Ben Platt, the breakout star of tearjerker musical Dear Evan Hansen, are having an excellent Tuesday.
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The story is always written as a tearjerker, with praise for the person’s uncomplaining attitude; a car is usually donated to the subject in the end.
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First Known Use of tearjerker
1912
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TEARJERKER Defined for English Language Learners
tearjerker
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Definition of tearjerker for English Language Learners
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: a story, song, movie, etc., that makes you cry or feel very sad
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