Examples of weepy in a Sentence
She started getting weepy when she talked about her mother.
I'm weepy enough that I even cry at happy endings to movies and books.
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Sure, one of your favorite actors is going to turn out to be a Bad Man™️, and yeah, there’s a lot of weepy talk about dead kids.
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Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
18 June 2026
The Mouse House also seems dead set on retconning all of its best villains, with recent movies giving weepy sob stories to Cruella de Vil, Maleficent and Scar to explain away their cruelty.
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Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
24 May 2026
For years, the Oscars’ in memoriam segment has been scored with weepy music and sentimental ballads.
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Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
16 Mar. 2026
The result was a dour weepy that earned Hayes raves in outlets like The New York Times.
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Chris Feil,
Vanity Fair,
15 Mar. 2026
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Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
18 June 2026
The Mouse House also seems dead set on retconning all of its best villains, with recent movies giving weepy sob stories to Cruella de Vil, Maleficent and Scar to explain away their cruelty.
—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
24 May 2026
For years, the Oscars’ in memoriam segment has been scored with weepy music and sentimental ballads.
—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
16 Mar. 2026
The result was a dour weepy that earned Hayes raves in outlets like The New York Times.
—
Chris Feil,
Vanity Fair,
15 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for weepy
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“Weepy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/weepy. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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