How to Use tearful in a Sentence

tearful

adjective

• He looked up at me with his tearful eyes and asked for help.
• And then came the video reel of homie tributes, some of them tearful.
  — Steve Lopezcolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2022
• That’s the high point of the party, which ends in the angry, tearful way most of their ‘dos do.
  — Peter Larsen, Orange County Register, 20 Sep. 2024
• The two brothers stay loyal to their queens and fight a tearful duel to the death.
  — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 24 June 2024
• In the end, with a tearful goodbye, the two walked away from the relationship.
  — Chyna Blackmon, Charlotte Observer, 6 Mar. 2024
• Megan was able to accept the award for the latter in the person, taking the stage to share a tearful speech.
  — Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 14 Mar. 2021
• The video shows a tearful Cuoco watching the show on her laptop.
  — Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 19 Oct. 2022
• All seems to be off to a good start when the pair reunite in a tearful, airport greeting.
  — Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 4 Dec. 2023
• Her son was led into the room and the two reunited in a tearful embrace.
  — Jacob Soboroff, NBC News, 25 July 2022
• Willis said in a tearful statement made in court on Wednesday.
  — Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 12 July 2023
• And after a sit-down with Chris, a tearful Clare does end up leaving the show as the promos have teased.
  — Martha Sorren, refinery29.com, 27 Oct. 2020
• More:Gus Walz broke the internet with his tearful love for his dad.
  — Sam Woodward, USA TODAY, 19 Oct. 2024
• The teaser ends with a closeup of a tearful, stressed out Betty.
  — Carolyn Twersky, Seventeen, 24 Mar. 2021
• Some people in the crowd gave the actor a standing ovation for his tearful speech.
  — Ellen Gamerman, WSJ, 31 Mar. 2022
• Don't mind me, just bidding a tearful farewell to my money.
  — Kelsey Stiegman, Seventeen, 20 May 2021
• The match then ended in fitting style with a kill by Larson, leading to the tearful hug among the players on the court.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 8 Aug. 2021
• About two weeks in, Single called her mother Robin and was tearful.
  — Justin Fenton, baltimoresun.com, 13 Aug. 2021
• Resting her hand on the back of Baylee’s empty chair, Almon gets tearful again.
  — Mark Shanahan, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Oct. 2022
• Sproul was struck by the way Bloom invariably got a little tearful at the end of her stories.
  — Blake Bailey, Vulture, 6 Apr. 2021
• The three tearful siblings who ran out of the house said their older brother was still inside.
  — Sydney Page, Washington Post, 3 Nov. 2022
• The tearful admission prompted a 22-year-old to share how the last election changed her life.
  — Theresa Vargas, Washington Post, 4 Nov. 2020
• Looks of tearful pride beamed across their faces when Kaluuya’s name was announced.
  — Aida Ylanan, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2021
• The former Zoey 101 star opened up about that plus more in this tearful, six-minute interview.
  — Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 12 Jan. 2022
• Krudwig embraced best friend Luke Fox in a bear hug at the end of the match, the Knights flinging their helmets into the air with tearful glee.
  — Luca Evans, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2023
• By the end of the episode, the war has drawn to an exhausted close, and the residents of the 4077th are scattering after many tearful farewells.
  — Ew Staff Published, EW.com, 3 May 2024
• That act of care leads to a tearful conversation with Mikey.
  — Judy Berman, TIME, 27 June 2024
• Khaled tweeted on May 9, alongside a tearful video of him learning the news of his No. 1 ranking.
  — Justin Curto, Vulture, 10 May 2021
• The tearful singer then picks the bloodied organ off the ground and attempts to protect it from people who knock it out of her hands and step on it.
  — Vulture, 20 Oct. 2022
• Driving through the streets of Lahaina with his son brought back tearful memories of what is now lost.
  — Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 18 Aug. 2023
• Prabowo listens to her tearful pleas and instructs a secretary to take them straight to a doctor; the same for an old woman with a tumor sprouting out of one nostril.
  — Charlie Campbell / Jakarta, TIME, 14 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 12 Nov 2024