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
Fame thro' the little city spreads aloud Th' intended march, amid the fearful crowd: The matrons beat their breasts, dissolve in tears, And double their devotion in their fears.
From The Aeneid English by Virgil
Even Iris herself smiled then, though her tremulous mirth threatened to dissolve in tears.
From The Stowaway Girl by Tracy, Louis
