Examples of weepy in a Sentence
She started getting weepy when she talked about her mother.
I'm weepy enough that I even cry at happy endings to movies and books.
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But the war ended, and the smog didn’t, and L.A. wiped its weepy red eyes and demanded some solutions, dammit.
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Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2026
For years, the Oscars’ in memoriam segment has been scored with weepy music and sentimental ballads.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 16 Mar. 2026
The result was a dour weepy that earned Hayes raves in outlets like The New York Times.
—Chris Feil, Vanity Fair, 15 Mar. 2026
Alongside more standard dramatic fare like Chloé Zhao’s weepy Shakespeare film Hamnet and the quietly powerful adaptation of Denis Johnson’s novella Train Dreams, the list also includes Paul Thomas Anderson’s gripping political thriller One Battle After Another.
—Meg Walters, Glamour, 2 Mar. 2026
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Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2026
For years, the Oscars’ in memoriam segment has been scored with weepy music and sentimental ballads.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 16 Mar. 2026
The result was a dour weepy that earned Hayes raves in outlets like The New York Times.
—Chris Feil, Vanity Fair, 15 Mar. 2026
Alongside more standard dramatic fare like Chloé Zhao’s weepy Shakespeare film Hamnet and the quietly powerful adaptation of Denis Johnson’s novella Train Dreams, the list also includes Paul Thomas Anderson’s gripping political thriller One Battle After Another.
—Meg Walters, Glamour, 2 Mar. 2026
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“Weepy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/weepy. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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