How to Use tearful in a Sentence

tearful

adjective
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  • 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
  • In the end, with a tearful goodbye, the two walked away from the relationship.
    — Chyna Blackmon, Charlotte Observer, 6 Mar. 2024
  • 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
  • Some people in the crowd gave the actor a standing ovation for his tearful speech.
    — Ellen Gamerman, WSJ, 31 Mar. 2022
  • Resting her hand on the back of Baylee’s empty chair, Almon gets tearful again.
    — Mark Shanahan, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Oct. 2022
  • The three tearful siblings who ran out of the house said their older brother was still inside.
    — Sydney Page, Washington Post, 3 Nov. 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
  • 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
  • Sharon Stone makes a tearful appearance in a new music video.
    — Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 4 Nov. 2022
  • Instead of the worst, both Steven and Steph received a heartwarming and tearful surprise.
    — Breanna Bell, Variety, 10 Dec. 2022
  • Céline Dion shared a tearful update on her health in a clip shared to Instagram.
    — Hanna Lustig, Glamour, 8 Dec. 2022
  • The video, in which a tearful Mcgookin shows the camera a giant welt on her forehead, has since been viewed more than 30 million times.
    — Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 27 Mar. 2024
  • Smith was tearful and anxious throughout the fraught speech, which should have been a joyous moment.
    — Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 28 Mar. 2022
  • But the dream — as report after report and tearful vlog after vlog has made clear — comes with its own costs.
    — Mattie Kahn, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2023
  • The next morning, Momen, Rania and their daughters said tearful goodbyes to their host and left for the border.
    — Hannah Allam, Washington Post, 23 Dec. 2023
  • The entire counter leaves Rachel frustrated and tearful.
    — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 14 Sep. 2022
  • In the video, a tearful Cohen described how one woman was in a bomb shelter that was set on fire by the terrorists to force her out.
    — Desiree Adib, ABC News, 24 Nov. 2023
  • Scenes of tearful goodbyes seared television screens and front pages of newspaper across the world.
    — Renata Brito, Hanna Arhirova, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Jan. 2023
  • Ono’s pacifism has never been flown in for the occasion, like a tearful Oscar’s speech.
    — Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2022
  • They were embraced by tearful friends and family who gathered to meet them.
    — Chris Pandolfo, Fox News, 10 Dec. 2022
  • Pelphrey shouted when her name was called before pulling in Cuoco for a tearful embrace.
    — Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 28 July 2022
  • The tearful confession proved to be too much for Aaliyah, who abruptly left the show just hours before Uche’s planned proposal.
    — Kailyn Brown, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2023
  • That night, the homecoming feast that the Smiths had optimistically prepared was used to feed a tearful group.
    — Sarah Stillman, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2023
  • The dog’s tearful owner thanked Stewart for not ignoring him.
    — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Dec. 2023
  • My heart cramped when the first tearful letter arrived from our 10-year-old son, scrawled by flashlight on his Minions stationery.
    — Various Staff Writers, Special Correspondents, and Special Contributors, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Dec. 2023

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