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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Perhaps a red, weepy patch has developed around your newborn's hairline.
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Holly Pevzner, Parents, 8 Sep. 2023
In newborns, the rash usually appears on the face, scalp, or trunk, and patches tend to look red and weepy.
—Holly Pevzner, Parents, 8 Sep. 2023
Meanwhile, 37-year-old Lily, who’s married to a preacher but taking the trip solo with her 15-year-old, Morgan, doesn’t understand why her daughter has become so weepy and taciturn.
—Stephanie Merry, Washington Post, 28 Aug. 2023
Sarah Polley, director of the indelible drama Women Talking, is in talks to steer a live-action remake of 1942’s weepy environmental fable Bambi, per Deadline.
—Vulture, 15 June 2023
But in her script, the women aren’t weepy, lovesick, jealous or greedy.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 May 2023
Eyes feel weepy, chest seems wheezy.
—Pat Myers, Washington Post, 10 Nov. 2022
Alden Ehrenreich, as Liotta’s son, plays it all as tongue-in-cheek weepy and oversensitive.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 23 Feb. 2023
The mother is alternately cheery and weepy.
—Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 23 June 2022
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Holly Pevzner, Parents, 8 Sep. 2023
In newborns, the rash usually appears on the face, scalp, or trunk, and patches tend to look red and weepy.
—Holly Pevzner, Parents, 8 Sep. 2023
Meanwhile, 37-year-old Lily, who’s married to a preacher but taking the trip solo with her 15-year-old, Morgan, doesn’t understand why her daughter has become so weepy and taciturn.
—Stephanie Merry, Washington Post, 28 Aug. 2023
Sarah Polley, director of the indelible drama Women Talking, is in talks to steer a live-action remake of 1942’s weepy environmental fable Bambi, per Deadline.
—Vulture, 15 June 2023
But in her script, the women aren’t weepy, lovesick, jealous or greedy.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 May 2023
Eyes feel weepy, chest seems wheezy.
—Pat Myers, Washington Post, 10 Nov. 2022
Alden Ehrenreich, as Liotta’s son, plays it all as tongue-in-cheek weepy and oversensitive.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 23 Feb. 2023
The mother is alternately cheery and weepy.
—Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 23 June 2022
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Word History
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined above
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“Weepy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/weepy. Accessed 30 Nov. 2023.
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