tears
Example Sentences
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But like Mariam, “Atonement” has no interest in tears, although it’s impossible not to be moved by the film’s messy, dignified humanity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
They placed the lenses over rabbit eyeballs immersed in a saline solution intended to mimic natural tears.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 29, 2026
The result was a lengthy bar meeting in which patrons, including “a gender-expansive lesbian” who “uses he/him pronouns,” berated one owner to tears.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
He used to come home and say: 'I've had a hard conversation today with such and such, I've had to let them go and there were tears.'
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
There weren’t tears for me to wipe away, just pure mortification.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
