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Recent Examples of weeper
Diamond wrote this waltz-time weeper with Carole Bayer Sager, who beat him to the punch with her own recording; his version is haunted, hers downright macabre.
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Mikael Wood,
Los Angeles Times,
6 May 2026
Such was the verdict that was handed down upon Anthony by his father, Dick, who was a boozer and a weeper as well as a baker.
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Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
Be warned that Homebound is a three-hankie weeper.
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Anupama Chopra,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Sep. 2019
Mikael Wood,
Los Angeles Times,
6 May 2026
Such was the verdict that was handed down upon Anthony by his father, Dick, who was a boozer and a weeper as well as a baker.
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Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
Be warned that Homebound is a three-hankie weeper.
—
Anupama Chopra,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for weeper
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Michael Olise — France/Bayern Munich (-1) Unfortunate to slip here after technically registering his third assist of the tournament for Mbappe’s screamer, and curling a delightful chip off the Iraq crossbar following some very slick French interplay.
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The 20-yard screamer deflected off keeper Luca Zidane’s fingertips and bulged the back of the net.
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Why? — Carol Cooper, Boynton Beach Quit complaining — or leave Here’s a suggestion for all the whiners, crybabies and complainers about America’s leadership.
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As children, Keaton often dismissed her younger brother as a crybaby, scaredy cat and a nuisance who was coddled by their mother.
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“Weeper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/weeper. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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