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• Dare her to unpackage this one in the mail and not shed a tear. 39.
  — Jasmine Gomez, Women's Health, 20 Mar. 2023
• Lowe-Stern didn’t shed a tear in nearly 10 minutes on the phone.
  — Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 2 Oct. 2021
• Plus, hopefully, viewers will have a lot of fun along the way, and maybe shed a tear or two.
  — Annika Pham, Variety, 26 Jan. 2024
• Nguyen was just about the only actor on stage to not shed a tear in talking about the work and the importance of the movie.
  — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Jan. 2023
• So don’t shed a tear if your favorite bubble guy bursts.
  — Mary Kay Cabot, cleveland, 4 Sep. 2020
• No one’s going to shed a tear for the venture capital firms–and no one should.
  — Nihal Mehta, Fortune, 22 Mar. 2023
• Oftentimes my wife and I just play her music and just smile and shed a tear and keep going.
  — Vulture, 11 June 2023
• Oftentimes my wife and I just play her music and just smile and shed a tear and keep going.
  — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 2 Aug. 2024
• Schadenfreude is a part of the appeal of this book, but don’t shed a tear for Neumann, who walked away a billionaire.
  — Simon Hill, Wired, 11 Dec. 2021
• Quarterback Robby Ashford shed a tear of joy and then embraced Harsin on the field.
  — Tom Green | [e-mail], al, 24 Sep. 2022
• Who among us does not shed a tear when the town rallies to come up with George and Uncle Billy’s missing money?
  — Emma Specter, Vogue, 25 Dec. 2022
• But Wanda probably won’t shed a tear for the end of the nine-year relationship.
  — Jacky Wong, WSJ, 24 May 2021
• Just don’t shed a tear for Ike Perlmutter, dumped from his Marvel role during the first round of Disney cuts.
  — Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2023
• Just don’t shed a tear for Ike Perlmutter, dumped from his Marvel role during the first round of Disney cuts.
  — Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2023
• The Movie definitely shed a tear when Miley and Billy Ray sang this song.
  — Natalie Maher, Harper's BAZAAR, 27 Sep. 2022
• Many in Maryland likely didn’t shed a tear when the group graduated.
  — Anthony Maluso, Baltimore Sun, 2 Mar. 2024
• People are going to reach out, people are going to stop me in the grocery store and hold my hand and shed a tear, or stop me on the street to say that was impactful.
  — Carolyn L. Todd, SELF, 19 Apr. 2021
• Purple smoke billowed into the rainy skies above the field, creating a visual effect that would have made Prince shed a tear.
  — oregonlive, 12 Mar. 2022
• Longtime horse players will shed a tear and the memories will come flooding back about what makes Golden Gate so special.
  — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2024
• Listen intently, look at the giver, and laugh or shed a tear if appropriate.
  — Jennifer Prince, Southern Living, 11 June 2021
• The moment was disorienting because my brother rarely shed a tear.
  — Victor Lodato, The New Yorker, 29 July 2024
• Warren Whitaker, Hill’s offensive line coach at Highland, shed a tear.
  — Luke Johnson, NOLA.com, 28 Nov. 2020
• Notably, no one at the mammoth service in the National Presbyterian Church in May 1972 shed a tear.
  — Paul Letersky, Time, 22 July 2021
• Plus, any animal lover will be hard-pressed not to shed a tear or two upon seeing an imperiled pup come to be lovingly embraced.
  — Thomas Floyd, Washington Post, 13 Mar. 2024
• Might Cubs fans shed a tear alongside owner Tom Ricketts, whose family is worth more than $5 billion and claims more than 60% of team revenue is tied up in attendance?
  — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 15 June 2020
• And further, who doesn’t already think of themselves as emotionally complicated enough to shed a tear on a day that is supposed to be happy?
  — Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 19 Oct. 2022
• On Thursday, local news media reported that Ms. Leifer, who watched the sentencing virtually from a Melbourne women’s prison, shed a tear as the sentence was read out.
  — Yan Zhuang, New York Times, 24 Aug. 2023
• There is precedent, and perhaps some luck, for popular players who demonstrate their vulnerability and shed a tear after a gutting loss.
  — David Waldstein, New York Times, 15 July 2023
• Her operatically devastating failing is not being able to shed a tear on cue.
  — Peter Marks, Washington Post, 9 Jan. 2023
• While susceptible viewers may shed a tear, others will find the sentimental aspects of the story uninvolving.
  — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 26 Sep. 2023

Last Updated: 12 Feb 2025