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  • Lachrymose former jocks on TV look upon all this and seem to believe that all were trying to protect a child molester.

    No Business for Old Men Jr. Holman W. Jenkins 2011

  • That was from _Laughbots and Lachrymose AIs: a Psychology of Robotic Perversity, _a book her history teacher told her not to read.

    Who Do You Say I Am 2010

  • The Huntsman: Lachrymose Crocodile skip to main | skip to sidebar

    Lachrymose Crocodile 2007

  • Lachrymose and mawkish in his rhetoric, his frequent public outpourings for the suffering of the downtrodden are almost comical considering his own glamorous lifestyle.

    The Left's Berlusconi Giulio Meotti 2008

  • "Lachrymose and the Golden Egg" may be technically pure science fiction, but it uses mostly fantasy tropes.

    Archive 2007-06-01 Karen Burnham 2007

  • His books-though designed for kids-are full of evocative place names such as Lake Lachrymose and towns called Tedia and Paltryville.

    A Darker Harry Potter 2007

  • Here, on a soundstage south of Los Angeles, where Lake Lachrymose has been re-created in all its gloomy glory, the evil Count Olaf (Carrey) is sporting a fake wooden leg and putting the moves on phobic Aunt Josephine (Streep), chatting her up about ... grammar and flesh-eating leeches.

    PERFECTLY MISERABLE 2007

  • "Lachrymose and the Golden Egg" may be technically pure science fiction, but it uses mostly fantasy tropes.

    Hart & Boot & Other Stories, Tim Pratt Karen Burnham 2007

  • She presented Mr. Handler with a rare Lachrymose leech under pressed glass no, I am not making this up and Mr. Helquist with his very own accordion.

    Archive 2006-10-01 fusenumber8 2006

  • Barista, pull me a Lachrymose Latte, heavy on the Mope Foam.

    Starbucks now offering venti sentimentality | EW.com 2006

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