sob sister

He is also the opposite of what used to be called a sob sister.

They send the sob sisters out on these cases now.

Joel helped his sobbing sister back down the path toward town.

From that moment they are more like sob sisters than adversaries.

"You'll have to play ball with the sob sisters, though.

The priority - it's like the sob sisters - is human interest."

She was one of the most prominent "sob sisters", a label given female reporters who wrote human interest stories.

The character of Mary Sunshine, you know, who is what they called in newspapers a sob sister.

Old Russ is a sob sister, and I'm much more your type."

Male politicians should quit acting like sob sisters.

"Uh-huh," said the sob sister; her face looked grim.

"Willie's sob sister is one of the best.

"You look fine," said the sob sister.

You can't play sob sister with scum.

Women's supposed humane, emotional side as expressed in their reporting often led to their being termed "sob sisters".

Sharpton is the counterpoint to his sob sisters in the Democratic Party.

"she's a sob sister from the Herald.

"Of the sort that sob sister writes, what's his name ...?"

"Captain, you politicked very hard to share this command with me, and now you advance a sob sister sensibility.

Gordy flirting with the sentimental, yet iron-hearted sob sisters of the yellow press.

Unleashing the tears again, snuffling wetly, sobbing sister sister sister.

"Give them all the material that they want to write sob sister articles and character sketches, and that stuff.

Today, the sob sister had chased the reporters out, had snapped, "All right, all right, beat it!"

"Ben, old boy, don't you realize that every reporter, special correspondent, feature writer, commentator, free-lance, and sob sister wants the same thing?

The Sob Sister (1914)