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Recent Examples of weeper
The weepers, as well as anyone who comes into contact with the Kid, are given a new understanding of the true sorrows and emotions that a heart can hold.
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Emily Temple
may 27, Literary Hub, 27 May 2025
The onset of a deep romantic bond proves as terrifying here as the apparent loss of love chronicled in past weepers.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 15 Apr. 2025
Our front yard swarmed with mourners, some weeping like children, others consoling the weepers, and the rest loudly reciting verses from the Quran, in memoriam to Uncle Usama.
—Mohammed Naseehu Ali, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
The track was reasonably dry and occasional weepers weren’t the only problem.
—Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2023
Even if the rain abates, old asphalt is notoriously difficult to dry because of weepers — the moisture that collects under the surface and then seeps through the cracks after a rainfall.
—Greg Beacham, ajc, 26 Feb. 2023
Of course, Fender wasn’t singing about a Xanax habit in his 1975 weeper.
—Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 27 Oct. 2022
Emily Temple
may 27, Literary Hub, 27 May 2025
The onset of a deep romantic bond proves as terrifying here as the apparent loss of love chronicled in past weepers.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 15 Apr. 2025
Our front yard swarmed with mourners, some weeping like children, others consoling the weepers, and the rest loudly reciting verses from the Quran, in memoriam to Uncle Usama.
—Mohammed Naseehu Ali, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
The track was reasonably dry and occasional weepers weren’t the only problem.
—Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2023
Even if the rain abates, old asphalt is notoriously difficult to dry because of weepers — the moisture that collects under the surface and then seeps through the cracks after a rainfall.
—Greg Beacham, ajc, 26 Feb. 2023
Of course, Fender wasn’t singing about a Xanax habit in his 1975 weeper.
—Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 27 Oct. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for weeper
Noun
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San Diego broke a 304-minute scoreless streak in the 85th minute, when Makenzy Robbe blasted home a screamer to put them up 1-0.—
Fernando Ramirez,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Aug. 2025
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The warnings started showing up unexpectedly in the end-credits crawl of several major movies this summer: all-caps screamers listed just beneath the usual Hollywood legalese cautioning against unauthorized copying, distribution, or exhibition.—
Chris Lee,
Vulture,
15 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Factual: League crybabies can decide who gets to play in their sandbox.—
Bill Reinhard,
New York Daily News,
3 Aug. 2025
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If whining were an Olympic sport, Finland, Denmark and Sweden might as well skip the competition, because the U.S. surely would sweep the podium with an elite lineup of crybaby football coaches.—
Blake Toppmeyer,
USA TODAY,
3 Apr. 2025
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“Weeper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/weeper. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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