How to Use waterworks in a Sentence

waterworks

plural noun

• Gates was then told he would be inducted to the team's Hall of Fame, and that's when the waterworks came.
  — Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 17 Aug. 2023
• So dogs turn on the waterworks and their owners roll over.
  — Karen Hopkin, Scientific American, 24 Aug. 2022
• Cue the waterworks, this is just too precious for words!
  — Maggie Horton, Country Living, 25 June 2023
• The park was once home to the city's waterworks and was the endpoint of a pipeline that carried water from the Verde River.
  — azcentral, 5 Mar. 2020
• Cast member Leslie Jones joined him on stage and also brought the waterworks.
  — Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya, Billboard, 11 Mar. 2018
• The waterworks came when Devin felt guilt for taking Nick across the world from his family.
  — Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 13 Nov. 2023
• When you are emotionally aroused, the brain can send signals to your tear ducts to turn on the waterworks.
  — Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Sep. 2022
• Donathan, of course, has an Aunt Patty; cue the waterworks.
  — Rasputin Todd, Cincinnati.com, 9 May 2018
• But the real waterworks came at the end of the number when Shangela broke down in heaving sobs and her mom stepped out onto the dance floor to give her a hug.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 18 Oct. 2022
• Ben took a cat nap in the kiddie pool while Helen kept him cool with homemade waterworks.
  — Kate Hogan, Peoplemag, 16 Nov. 2022
• The city decided to use eminent domain to seize the waterworks, and the two parties went to court.
  — Robin Kaiser-Schatzlein, The New Republic, 1 Apr. 2022
• So, on your next long-haul flight, be sure to stick on a reliable tear-jerker and embrace the waterworks.
  — Olivia Morelli, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Mar. 2024
• When the waterworks begin, there’s no holding them back.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes, 13 Aug. 2022
• Ilario is broken up about Walden’s death, but Damon doesn’t oversell the waterworks.
  — Tim Grierson, Vulture, 30 July 2021
• How much plastic is in the drinking water of people served by the Cleveland waterworks?
  — Staff Reports, cleveland, 8 Aug. 2022
• Meanwhile, Claire Danes toned down Carrie's waterworks, a nice change.
  — Alex Berenson, Esquire, 18 Nov. 2012
• Fined but still not inclined to turn off your Bellagio-grade waterworks?
  — Hannah Weinberger, Outside Online, 16 July 2014
• But the case of the waterworks employee calls into question the country’s efforts to address a rise in karoshi, or death from overwork.
  — Yonette Joseph, New York Times, 22 June 2018
• But before Brunson could finish her thoughts, Kimmel brought out Ms. Abbott, and the waterworks kicked in.
  — Marcus Jones, EW.com, 2 Feb. 2022
• The waterworks from the coiled frustration and utter heartbreak of losing a game, or ending a season with a sad thud, was often too much for me.
  — Kevin Sampsell, Longreads, 3 Feb. 2018
• It was made all the more significant due to the fact that Jennifer Aniston made known that Cox isn't known for turning on the waterworks so easily.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 3 June 2021
• Nothing came of it, but since 2001, when a group of growers used crowbars to release supplies and U.S. marshals were called in to protect the waterworks, tensions have been high.
  — Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Apr. 2022
• For years, experts have warned of the need to upgrade aging and often-neglected waterworks.
  — The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Feb. 2021
• Cue the waterworks about 45 seconds later, when Bailey is laying in his boy's lap and both of their ages really begin to show.
  — Kelly O'Sullivan, Country Living, 30 Jan. 2019
• Tuttle and Brickell would each donate large portions of their land if Flagler would build a railroad, provide waterworks and pay for a survey and the clearing of the streets.
  — New York Times, 3 Dec. 2021
• Whoever comes up on top, Donna is preparing for a waterworks show of both happy and sad tears.
  — Emily Weaver, Peoplemag, 8 Feb. 2023
• At any time, at least in theory, your bank accounts, your power, your waterworks, and everything else might seize up.
  — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 26 Feb. 2022
• Euphoria set is the stuff of television legend, but the series’ actors had at least one on-set injury aiding the on-screen waterworks.
  — Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 17 Oct. 2022
• But those perspectives themselves change over the course of the story, and Dowd, a virtuoso at turning on the waterworks, also knows precisely when to turn them off.
  — Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2021
• The laws were later expanded to include stormwater and waterworks projects.
  — Mark Curnutte, Cincinnati.com, 7 Feb. 2018

Last Updated: 23 Dec 2024