welling
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Other families preferred not to speak as they paced up and down the area, overcome with shock, some with tears welling in their eyes.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026
As Stupnikov watched the ceremony commemorating the fallen, his eyes began welling up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
Imtiyaz sat silently after listening to it, tears welling up.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026
“I lost it,” he said, tears welling, “I never thought anybody thought that of me.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2026
I can hardly look at him without a welling of confused, unpleasant emotion.
From "Grendel" by John Gardner
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