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Recent Examples of weepy Zoe Saldaña got weepy and impassioned in an acceptance speech that honored her immigrant parents as well as her Dominican heritage. Ben Travers, IndieWire, 3 Mar. 2025 Pop stars have to possess at least a few chameleonic tendencies—quickly snapping from thrill-ride energy shots to weepy ballads demands a willingness to switch things up, at least in terms of mood. Maura Johnston, Rolling Stone, 27 Feb. 2025 Anyone in the room was likely weepy a few times throughout the night, but no one at home needed to worry about finding their tissues. Ben Travers, IndieWire, 17 Feb. 2025 Shyne, who is also the cinematographer, finds terrific beauty in Carlie’s face with its weepy eyes and silvered hair peeking out from his cap. Lisa Kennedy, Variety, 1 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for weepy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for weepy
Adjective
  • Stacy sought to foster emotional and physical self-reliance among its campers, according to Texas Monthly, which cited an old brochure from her time.
    Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 5 July 2025
  • Cortisol rises during times of emotional or physical stress.
    Renée Onque, CNBC, 5 July 2025
Adjective
  • But no matter what happens next, Sunday's win and that tearful hug will be hard to top.
    Devlina Sarkar, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 June 2025
  • In a game played on a weekday morning UK time, and watched in schools and offices around the country, England’s tearful exit was the best possible promotion for the track.
    Michael Cox, New York Times, 29 June 2025
Adjective
  • And every day, across from them, outside the clinic, about to enter or just leaving, there were women hugging each other and weeping.
    David Mamet, National Review, 11 Aug. 2022
  • The show manages to stay on the brink — always laughing, never quite weeping — for its entire length.
    Helen Shaw, Vulture, 8 Dec. 2021
Adjective
  • The lively segment ended with Gless, who got teary at points during her answer.
    Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 13 June 2025
  • The original video, which has now been viewed more than 18 million times, was a teary confession from Nilsen, who was best known at the time for her beauty content.
    Sara Belcher, People.com, 10 June 2025
Adjective
  • Several days after this lachrymose dinner, a carnival-level event delighted Angelenos of either political persuasion.
    Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2024
  • Puccini later inserted a different, more lachrymose text, one that forecasts her suicide.
    Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2023
Adjective
  • Too much alcohol and your dreamy dessert turns into a sad, semi-frozen slush.
    Emily Price, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • All three movies are packed with dinosaurs—dinosaurs running, dinosaurs being sad and winsome, dinosaurs showing ruthless disregard for human life.
    Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 30 June 2025
Adjective
  • The ‘pouf sentimental’ hairstyle was created by hairdresser Leonard Autie and debuted on the Duchesse de Chartres in 1774, famously adorned with 14 yards of gauze, figurines, a plate of cherries and a parrot.
    Lee Sharrock, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • That is my favorite now because of sentimental reasons.
    Heran Mamo, Billboard, 25 June 2025

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“Weepy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/weepy. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.

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