misty-eyed

Examples of misty-eyed in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Tam recalled getting a little misty-eyed after the fact. Darcie Moran, Detroit Free Press, 25 Oct. 2024 Is your parent always getting misty-eyed at the thought of their college days? Malia Griggs, SELF, 16 Oct. 2024 Among the misty-eyed outside the Bruin last night was Hans Michael, 52, a Pasadena native who has been a regular since the 1970s, when his older brother attended nearby UCLA. Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 July 2024 There was his boy, a little misty-eyed as well, looking up at him from the ice inside Bell Centre, hockey’s greatest modern cathedral in Montreal. Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 11 May 2024 Even in rehearsals with Niall Horan fill-ins Dan and Shay and the season's Mega-Mentor Wynonna Judd, people were getting misty-eyed over this trio of songs. EW.com, 14 Nov. 2023 Justice O’Connor was visibly misty-eyed during the ceremony at which Justice Ginsburg took the judicial oath. Linda Greenhouse, New York Times, 1 Dec. 2023 Campers on the Mall interviewed by The Washington Post tended to speak politely of Charles but without the same misty-eyed devotion people had toward his mother. Karla Adam, Washington Post, 5 May 2023

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“Misty-eyed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misty-eyed. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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