How to Use teary in a Sentence

teary

adjective

• He made a teary farewell to the fans.
• There were many teary eyes among those in the audience.
• The hours that followed the call were a teary blur, Mike said.
  — Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2024
• Cabin crew wept in the rear of the plane and passed teary-eyed up and down the aisles.
  — Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2022
• On May 19, a broken, teary-eyed Zhao popped up at the square for the last time.
  — Chang Che, The New Republic, 27 Oct. 2022
• Treviño stayed to help the teary nurse who had been taking care of the man.
  — Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2020
• Rivera could hear the moment on the other end of the line, and began to get teary-eyed.
  — Greta Bjornson, PEOPLE.com, 14 Dec. 2021
• Notes have flooded in and have each been read with our own teary eyes.
  — Sophie Lewis, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2020
• Is the red-eyed/teary-eyed Rick in the current timeline and the bearded Rick in the future?
  — Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Oct. 2017
• It’s a charm fest filled with a few teary moments and a killer soundtrack.
  — Anna Moeslein, Glamour, 8 Feb. 2022
• But that didn't stop Bell from getting teary-eyed, and who could blame her?
  — Caralynn Lippo, Redbook, 30 Mar. 2017
• Even still, the payoff at the end doesn't disappoint and may even leave you a bit teary-eyed.
  — Joey Morona, cleveland.com, 24 May 2017
• Omar, Cayetana, Samu, and Rebe have gathered to say their teary goodbyes.
  — Olivia Truffaut-Wong, refinery29.com, 22 June 2021
• A teary-eyed Missy is bio-locked out of playing with the controls.
  — Kelly Fiveash, Ars Technica, 18 June 2017
• King Charles III stood by during the moments of farewell, and appeared teary-eyed.
  — David Oliver, USA TODAY, 19 Sep. 2022
• Each member of Bent Knee is grinning; Ms. Kion looks teary.
  — Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 July 2022
• Don't miss a moment of the glitz and glamour from the first heeled shoe to hit the red carpet to the last teary-eyed acceptance speech.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 25 Feb. 2022
• And so, the day after the shooting, with a crowd of reporters and camera crews a few streets away, Quiroz stood in the back yard, teary-eyed.
  — Andrea Ball, USA TODAY, 25 May 2022
• Should the track come up during the film, it’s bound to get dolls everywhere a little teary eyed.
  — Starr Bowenbank, Billboard, 14 July 2023
• Fans, some teary-eyed, walked slowly by the tomb, pausing to pay their respects.
  — Time, 23 Jan. 2023
• Cameron was born Chloe Celeste, and her initials can be seen on the phone case in her teary selfies.
  — Alexis Gaskin, Glamour, 19 May 2022
• The thing that made me really teary-eyed was seeing young black kids with their moms there.
  — Carmen Dipippo, PEOPLE.com, 25 June 2019
• Tuesday night should have come with a spoiler alert and some tissues for a teary Mike White.
  — Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2023
• The meeting ended in an ebullient wave of joy and tired-teary relief.
  — Rebecca Altman, The Atlantic, 15 Mar. 2022
• All of that sort of counters Moore’s teary eyed description of his boss after the Penn State game.
  — Terence Moore, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
• Kardashian tagged her husband in the clip, and added a teary eyed emoji.
  — Gabrielle Rockson, Peoplemag, 18 Oct. 2023
• So there was O'Connor, teary-eyed and confused, left to realize his ticket was a bad omen from the start.
  — Dakota Crawford, Indianapolis Star, 15 Mar. 2018
• So would their teary-eyed parents, who kiss them goodbye.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 12 Sep. 2021
• Henley is not someone to wear the heart of the matter out on his sleeve in a rowdy atmosphere, so the moment was neither teary nor protracted.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 21 Sep. 2024
• Harper Grohl, whose father is Nirvana alum Dave Grohl, also commented with heart and teary, smiling emojis.
  — Brendan Morrow, USA TODAY, 30 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 12 Dec 2024