teary-eyed

Example Sentences

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After Sandman placed seventh in the 2025 Kentucky Derby, Johnson posted a teary-eyed video.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

Sitting on a chair in Kfar Sir's square, teary-eyed Haydar Sbeiti, 68, talks about his engineer son, Mahmoud, killed by Israel in the war.

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

In one TV interview, a teary-eyed Tim said that “Sam was flying just the way he was supposed to.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 14, 2026

And again when, teary-eyed in her news conference, she joked that her way of dealing with the defeat was to eat a chocolate bar in the locker room.

From BBC • Jul. 4, 2025

He turned his face to the side, appealing to Mom even though he was too teary-eyed to actually see her.

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix