tearful

Example Sentences

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They went ahead with the event, but opened with tearful remarks about losing one of their own and a moment of silence.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

The demonstrations in L.A. were often tearful affairs, she said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2026

"We keep hearing missiles over our heads. I’m terrified," the artist posted in a tearful video on Instagram Saturday.

From Barron's • Mar. 1, 2026

"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 • Feb. 17, 2026

The two children were on the sofa, their sobs having degraded into tearful whimpers.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman