tearier; teariest
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Examples of teary in a Sentence
There were many teary eyes among those in the audience.
He made a teary farewell to the fans.
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As Noah’s foster mother Denise, the great Rosie Perez sustains a single note of teary, shouty panic.
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Alison Herman, Variety, 25 Oct. 2024
Emotions escalated; an impassioned and teary speech was given, pointing out my wrongheadedness.
—Yiyun Li, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
But then Sanada won for Best Actor (inspiring spontaneous weeping from his fellow cast members and nominees, including a quite teary Takehiro Hira), and Anna Sawai won for Best Actress, and finally — rightly — the series won for Best Drama.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 16 Sep. 2024
Through teary eyes, the Grammy winner explains how listening to challenging stories from fans over the years has given her perspective on challenges of her own.
—Breanna Mona, People.com, 22 Oct. 2024
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Alison Herman, Variety, 25 Oct. 2024
Emotions escalated; an impassioned and teary speech was given, pointing out my wrongheadedness.
—Yiyun Li, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
But then Sanada won for Best Actor (inspiring spontaneous weeping from his fellow cast members and nominees, including a quite teary Takehiro Hira), and Anna Sawai won for Best Actress, and finally — rightly — the series won for Best Drama.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 16 Sep. 2024
Through teary eyes, the Grammy winner explains how listening to challenging stories from fans over the years has given her perspective on challenges of her own.
—Breanna Mona, People.com, 22 Oct. 2024
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“Teary.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/teary. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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