How to Use tearjerker in a Sentence

tearjerker

noun
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  • I'm not in the mood to see a tearjerker. Let's watch something funny instead.
  • The tearjerker earned the season's first 10 (three of them!).
    — Dana Rose Falcone, Peoplemag, 17 Oct. 2022
  • While this may not sound like a huge tearjerker of a movie, just wait.
    — Stacey Grant, Seventeen, 11 Nov. 2022
  • The tearjerker ballad, which Bolton co-wrote with Doug James, was an apt choice for the spot.
    — Paul Grein, Billboard, 24 June 2022
  • That said, maybe at some point down the line NBC may grant us a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the tearjerker ...
    — Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 1 June 2022
  • In honor of its birthday, here are the stars whose hearts still go on for the tearjerker.
    — Nigel Smith, Peoplemag, 19 Dec. 2023
  • In honor of its birthday, here are the stars whose hearts still go on for the tearjerker.
    — Nigel Smith, Peoplemag, 16 Dec. 2022
  • This tearjerker is inspired by the life of the life of physicist Stephen Hawking.
    — Noelle Devoe, Seventeen, 23 June 2020
  • In honor of its milestone birthday, here are the stars whose hearts still go on for the tearjerker.
    — Nigel Smith, PEOPLE.com, 19 Dec. 2017
  • Bay’s tearjerker was enough to keep him safe, though Dan Marshall wasn’t so lucky.
    — Billboard Staff, Billboard, 25 Apr. 2022
  • But once the story has nowhere to go but a tearjerker denouement, its world seems rather thin.
    — J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 16 Mar. 2024
  • Get your tissues ready, this one's going to be a tearjerker.
    — Katie Robinson, Seventeen, 8 Jan. 2018
  • Who recently asked for twin dog-as-best-friend-but-end-of-life tearjerkers?
    — Nathan Mattise, Ars Technica, 24 May 2020
  • Make sure to have tissues on hand for this touching tearjerker.
    — Women's Health, 25 May 2023
  • The tearjerker, which Swift wrote with Jack Antonoff, is a get-well-soon ode to the singer’s mother, Andrea, who is battling cancer.
    — Lauren Huff, EW.com, 3 Sep. 2019
  • On You) returns to the small screen in a tearjerker about the lifelong friendship between three women on the cusp of turning 40.
    — Time, 16 Dec. 2022
  • Made of stainless steel, it's engraved with a tearjerker message and a photo frame to keep them close.
    — Cailey Lindberg, Good Housekeeping, 22 June 2023
  • This episode isn’t a tearjerker, and the show’s loyal watchers will appreciate the break from the tissue box.
    — Michaela Bechler, Vogue, 15 June 2018
  • From the funny to the heartwarming to the downright tearjerkers, here are a bunch of our favorite celebrity posts from this Mother’s Day.
    — Jen Juneau, PEOPLE.com, 15 May 2017
  • Remember Me’ song was a tearjerker on the big screen and even more so in Alexander’s rendition.
    — Allison Klein, Washington Post, 5 Jan. 2018
  • Van, already maimed, could sacrifice herself so that her friends and beloved Tai may live -- that would be a tearjerker.
    — Scottie Andrew, CNN, 16 Jan. 2022
  • The tragic story is one of the most enduring tearjerkers.
    — Patrick Neas, kansascity, 9 Mar. 2018
  • Among their LPs, Pepper is not the most moving (only two tearjerkers) or the most consistent (at least two space-fillers).
    — Tim De Lisle, Newsweek, 14 May 2017
  • This ballad is short but very sweet and, honestly, a tearjerker.
    — Town & Country, 27 Feb. 2023
  • This tearjerker of a ballad from country music duo Waycross tells the story of a high school football player who joins the marines.
    — Jennifer Aldrich, Country Living, 23 Mar. 2022
  • Those, mixed with psycho-dramas like mother! and tearjerkers like Breathe, make this fall's summer movie slate the most eclectic yet.
    — Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 18 Aug. 2017
  • The story's author, who goes by the nom de plume Yoshi, published installments of the tearjerker as downloadable text files on his Web site in May 2000.
    — Wired Staff, WIRED, 1 June 2004
  • But like any Hollywood tearjerker, there's at least a shot at a happy ending.
    — Arkansas Online, 13 Dec. 2021
  • In the annals of movies about suburban alienation and/or ones that build to iconic train station farewells, never has there been a tearjerker quite so potent.
    — Indiewire Staff, IndieWire, 12 Aug. 2024
  • Logan has western and noir vibes, giving it a much different feel from previous X-Men movies, and its finale is a tearjerker for many fans.
    — Keith Langston, Peoplemag, 27 July 2024

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