tearful
Example Sentences
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"I was tearful all the time," she said.
From BBC
"It's kinda surreal still," Cunnah said, reflecting on the emotional, tearful moment he knocked on the door of his birth father's home in Barnsley, Yorkshire.
From BBC
Radio DJ Edith Bowman has made a tearful plea for a suitcase containing some of her grandfather's ashes to be returned.
From BBC
On Feb. 4, she posted a tearful video plea on her Instagram account, accompanied by her brother and sister.
"He always appeared positive and constructive," she said, "but during my time dancing with him he experienced relationship difficulties, breaking off an engagement and feeling alone. I saw him tearful and distracted at times."
From BBC
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