fake tears

Example Sentences

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Country-pop singer CMAT, who'd been up for the same prize, took the loss in her stride - collapsing in fake tears for the sake of the cameras.

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2026

The subtle feature helps to further blur the audience’s perception of M3GAN’s sentience — but it required fake tears to be administered to ensure her smooth, human-like remote controlled blinking while the cameras were rolling.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 7, 2023

During his testimony, Chaffee County Undersheriff Andy Rohrich said Morphew appeared to have "crocodile tears, like fake tears," when he arrived at the scene where his wife's bicycle was discovered.

From Fox News • Sep. 20, 2021

Couldn't they have at least put fake tears on him?

From New York Times • Nov. 5, 2017

I know that to mean fake tears of a crocodile.

From "Inside Out and Back Again" by Thanhha Lai