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
“So, like, you’d design a special program especially for me?” she said, almost teary-eyed.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 27, 2025
He wagged it at the dwarfs, who were still teary-eyed from the smoke.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
