teary-eyed

[ teer-ee-ahyd ]
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adjective
  1. with tears welling up in one's eyes: teary-eyed mourners.

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How to use teary-eyed in a sentence

  • Elsewhere in the house his teary-eyed sisters went softly and silently about their daily work.

  • Mark strangled over a kernel of corn and stared, teary-eyed, at Billy.

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