teardrop
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Only a few years ago, he was a mystery, this international big man from Paris with an ectomorphic frame, graceful moves and a gentle, looping teardrop of a jump shot.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 2026
Some singers are born with it: a teardrop in their voice that grabs you by the heart and refuses to let go.
From Salon ● May 15, 2026
"But physics doesn't change. The teardrop shape is very efficient from the aerodynamics perspective," said Hu.
From Barron's ● Apr. 4, 2026
However, not far from Spectra is Mismo, an art installation of colorful paisley teardrop sculptures by Sofia Enriquez that was originally part of the program at Coachella 2019.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2024
The petals opened one by one, each a perfect violet teardrop, and at the center, the flower’s black eye gazed unblinkingly up at Taisin, whose face glowed with the energy unfurling through her.
From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo
In a meticulously crafted stop-motion world of gritty dockside poverty, a starving waif discovers the neglected girl in a shabby home weeps not teardrops but pearls.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 16, 2026
They are shaped like fat teardrops and range in color from green to maroon to a dark, almost black, shade of purple.
From Salon ● Jun. 29, 2023
The teardrops on many artists’ guitars are caused by Ticketmaster, according to Ms. Brown.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 23, 2023
Details like an adeptly shaped canine tooth, or adobe-colored teardrops, come to have a supernatural charge, as if they’d thrown themselves into existence fully formed.
From New York Times ● Sep. 18, 2019
The parchment was damp, and enormous teardrops had smudged the ink so badly in places that it was very difficult to read.
From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling
