In turn, the head of state has her own tear-jerking backstory.

Now they are commercial entities selling goods because of quality and not a tear-jerking story.

The characters came off strong, the jokes hit, and there were tear-jerking moments at the end.

But if anyone can find the tear-jerking good in these two, of course, it's Jennifer and the nuns.

The tear-jerking scene whose clip seems to run on a loop at every award show?

They hit hard on the emotional aspect, including a tear-jerking video about the network's love and dedication for the games.

It was hardly going to be a tear-jerking reunion of Hollywood proportions.

Except that even he — who encouraged every contestant’s tear-jerking back story — has had enough.

And then you have really heartfelt, emotional tear-jerking moments where you're like, "What is going on?"

Best bit: The reunion between the two brothers is a well-earned tear-jerking moment.

He never allows the show (running until 18 August) to become sentimental, but there are tear-jerking moments.

It has been tear-jerking seeing my wife of almost 50 years like that, and these are the last memories I have of her.

It is really tear-jerking, to say the least.

But those might as well have been "30 Rock" when compared to the tear-jerking shenanigans on display this season.

I miss our cuddles on the sofa when watching a tear-jerking romantic film.

That would be a fitting way to celebrate a tear-jerking relationship full of ups and downs.

For example, the tear-jerking video of the dog that refused to leave his hurt friend became an instant Internet sensation.

A massed student choir sang a couple of the world's most tear-jerking songs.

Pit, who dies, a victim of science, in a tear-jerking reunion scene.

Nor am I calling for a day when a husband gets up to tell tear-jerking anecdotes about his brilliant wife, the prime minister.

Some tear-jerking scenes appear deliberate on the director's part"."

It's not easy for the story's tear-jerking potential to be realized when its characters express their pain as if they were writing greeting cards.

The support of twitter has been almost tear-jerking.

Show me a tear-jerking movie, and I'll sit stony-faced, analysing the hell out of it.

The show's producers sensationalise any tear-jerking material they can.