How to Use weepy in a Sentence

weepy

adjective
  • 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.
  • The final scene gave me the chills and left me quite weepy, in the best of ways.
    — Seija Rankin, EW.com, 5 Aug. 2020
  • The script might be a little cheesy and a little weepy at points.
    — Kerry Lengel, azcentral, 27 Mar. 2018
  • This Charles is weepy and thoughtful and howls to the skies in grief.
    — Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 16 Nov. 2023
  • Feel free to let the cry out—and proudly love on your weepy nature.
    — Carolyn L. Todd, SELF, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Alex has never been the crier, but she's been real weepy since that last day.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 26 May 2023
  • But in her script, the women aren’t weepy, lovesick, jealous or greedy.
    — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 May 2023
  • Many children are a bit weepy at first, but most of them cheer up in a few minutes.
    — Pamela Kruger, Parents, 18 Dec. 2023
  • For months, Bec had gotten a bit weepy even thinking about those hugs.
    — Washington Post, 19 May 2021
  • She’s not sunken or weepy, withering away inside a wardrobe of gray sweaters.
    — USA Today, 22 Apr. 2021
  • The finale ends with everyone alive, well, and a little bit weepy.
    — Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, 6 Sep. 2020
  • Ben, who Erin joked has become a weepy girl dad, is treasuring these times too.
    — Georgia Slater, Peoplemag, 29 Nov. 2022
  • Ben, who Erin jokes has become a weepy girl dad, is treasuring these times too.
    — Staff Author, Peoplemag, 17 Nov. 2022
  • Adele, the queen of broken hearts who has built a career on weepy ballads, is a happy gal these days.
    — Los Angeles Times, 15 Nov. 2021
  • But there are also plenty of love stories and weepy dramas without a laugh in sight.
    — refinery29.com, 20 June 2019
  • Boehner is known to get weepy and has no problem with public displays of emotion.
    — Julian Zelizer, CNN, 15 Dec. 2022
  • Smith, capturing all of its weepy poignancy, has reprinted the letter in the book.
    — Michael Granberry, Dallas News, 3 Sep. 2021
  • Satire draws blood, not weepy tears—and certainly not rounds of flattering applause.
    — John Semley, The New Republic, 17 Oct. 2019
  • The roofs leak, badly — sometimes there are buckets to catch the weepy drip in the Lords chamber.
    — Karla Adam, Washington Post, 25 Apr. 2018
  • In newborns, the rash usually appears on the face, scalp, or trunk, and patches tend to look red and weepy.
    — Holly Pevzner, Parents, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Even the brothers’ weepy descriptions of their father’s abuse earned them mockery.
    — Kaitlin Menza, Town & Country, 22 Sep. 2017
  • Perhaps a red, weepy patch has developed around your newborn's hairline.
    — Holly Pevzner, Parents, 8 Sep. 2023
  • There’s something about the way Lainey Wilson sings that brings to mind the great, weepy country queens of yore.
    — Jon Freeman, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2021
  • On a series with no shortage of weepy story lines, William is a figure of singular pathos.
    — New York Times, 2 Dec. 2021
  • This is not a Hallmark Channel weepy film, there is definitely tears to be had.
    — Lauren Huff, EW.com, 17 Sep. 2020
  • 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
  • Videos of the ovation have made the rounds on the internet, thanks in part to the fact Damon can be seen getting a little weepy.
    — Lauren Huff, EW.com, 29 July 2021
  • 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.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 18 June 2026
  • As a pure form of escapism, the series is as effective as those weepy movies Stella used to watch in the hospital.
    — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 7 Mar. 2018

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