well up

Tears welled up in his eyes—and to my surprise, in mine, too.

“I’ve known the family for 15 years,” Alwan said, his eyes welling up as he trudged around the wreckage of his home, stepping between pooled blood, children’s books and shredded clothing.

Suddenly, the camera guy started rolling, and he captured me kind of welling up.

Rede welled up when the couple stopped by with a tank of water for the animals.

But she adds that Armagh are well up to the Challenge: "Hopefully they bring it home this weekend... you have to believe that they'll perform ".