dissolve in tears
Example Sentences
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“Within four hours, they were happy to lie to protect my brother,” Harry said, adding that the statement caused Meghan to dissolve in tears.
From New York Times • Dec. 15, 2022
It helps managers feel emotionally safe—assured that an employee isn’t going to erupt in a rage or dissolve in tears, says Dr. Woodward.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 28, 2016
Yet if I could dissolve in tears this core Of ice, my heart, undo these crystal spells, We should be sisters of incense evermore Like the crowned Lover of the Canticles.
From The Hours of Fiammetta A Sonnet Sequence by Taylor, Rachel Annand
"I don't see how you have stood it at all," said Sallie, about to dissolve in tears.
From The Tinder-Box by Daviess, Maria Thompson
Would that produce "The Last Judgment" of Spohr, that made you dissolve in tears?
From The world's great sermons, Volume 08 Talmage to Knox Little by Kleiser, Grenville
