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
• This one is a tough one since there were a lot of tearful goodbyes at the end of the season.
  — Tamara Fuentes, Seventeen, 4 July 2019
• Cummings then put his arm around the linebacker, and the two shared a tearful hug.
  — David J. Kim, The Courier-Journal, 8 Dec. 2019
• 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
• But many Britons mourned the loss of their EU identity, and some marked the passing with tearful vigils.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 31 Jan. 2020
• Families, jubilant and tearful, comb the dungeons of the old regime in search of loved ones, or traces of them.
  — David D. Kirkpatrick, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2024
• West, tearful at times in footage aired by Action 13 News, says Alienstock is still on.
  — oregonlive, 11 Sep. 2019
• 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
• At multiple points in the recording, the tearful former student, interviewed in the past month, became overcome and had to pause.
  — Clara-Sophia Daly, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
• Children received gifts, inmates spoke to the crowd from jail and tearful family members shared their hardships.
  — Dan Barry, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2025

Last Updated: 29 Jan 2025