shed a tear
idiom
: to cry or weep
I never saw my father shed a single tear, even when my mother died.
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Over half of Americans have shed a tear over pizza, while some will go to extreme lengths to get their hands on a slice, a new survey has found.
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Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 9 Feb. 2025
Two decades later, parts of the film may seem cheesy or overwrought (especially the soaring Celine Dion ballads), but goddamn it if you won’t be entertained and even shed a tear when the fiddler literally goes down with the ship.
—Kevin Lincoln, Vulture, 20 Jan. 2025
After a vicious cyclone this month razed slums housing many undocumented immigrants on the French island territory of Mayotte, Safina Soula did not shed a tear.
—Julie Bourdin, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2024
But more than anything, an aspiring Hallmark hunk must be willing to share their emotions and occasionally shed a tear.
—Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
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Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 9 Feb. 2025
Two decades later, parts of the film may seem cheesy or overwrought (especially the soaring Celine Dion ballads), but goddamn it if you won’t be entertained and even shed a tear when the fiddler literally goes down with the ship.
—Kevin Lincoln, Vulture, 20 Jan. 2025
After a vicious cyclone this month razed slums housing many undocumented immigrants on the French island territory of Mayotte, Safina Soula did not shed a tear.
—Julie Bourdin, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2024
But more than anything, an aspiring Hallmark hunk must be willing to share their emotions and occasionally shed a tear.
—Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
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“Shed a tear.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shed%20a%20tear. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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