tearful

Example Sentences

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The day after Jessica’s tearful ride home, her dad told her that her mom had disappeared.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

A tearful Savannah Guthrie described the debilitating agony that haunts her at night.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

He cracks jokes during his hospital stays, but in between you get a front-row look at how tiring, tearful and emotionally devastating his illness can be.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2026

Co-founder and CEO Jenny Goodman said she received an all-caps message with a smiling, tearful emoji from her director of operations after the ruling.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 22, 2026

They decided to try their luck away from Frankfurt, and Jack and Moniek bid each other a tearful good-bye.

From "Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps" by Andrea Warren