Definition of Tearjerker

a sentimental story, movie, or song, calculated to evoke sadness or sympathy

Examples of Tearjerker in a sentence

First it was The Fault in Our Stars, then it was Me Before You, and now Thirteen Reasons Why is the latest popular tearjerker.  🔊

Her bed was full of sodden tissues from the countless tears she cried while watching the tearjerker.  🔊

She always liked to watch a good tearjerker when she was feeling sad so she could have a good cry.  🔊

David refused to watch another tearjerker with his girlfriend, so he put on a comedy instead.  🔊

The hopeless romantic thought every poem was a tearjerker and cried every time she read Keats.  🔊

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