tearier; teariest
Examples of teary in a Sentence
There were many teary eyes among those in the audience.
He made a teary farewell to the fans.
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At a panel following a finale watch party here, Wood was teary, taking sips of water.
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Charles Trepany, USA Today, 7 Apr. 2025
Jamie’s phone-call confession sends Eddie into a teary existential crisis, one that ends with Eddie in Jamie’s bedroom, where his teen son tumbled down the social-media rabbit hole and peed his pants when cops came to arrest him.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 22 Mar. 2025
The coughing fits and teary eyes that come with that moment are why smokeless fire pits have shot to the top of so many wish lists in recent years.
—Clint Davis, People.com, 22 Mar. 2025
Emotions escalated; an impassioned and teary speech was given, pointing out my wrongheadedness.
—Yiyun Li, Harper's Magazine, 2 Nov. 2024
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Charles Trepany, USA Today, 7 Apr. 2025
Jamie’s phone-call confession sends Eddie into a teary existential crisis, one that ends with Eddie in Jamie’s bedroom, where his teen son tumbled down the social-media rabbit hole and peed his pants when cops came to arrest him.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 22 Mar. 2025
The coughing fits and teary eyes that come with that moment are why smokeless fire pits have shot to the top of so many wish lists in recent years.
—Clint Davis, People.com, 22 Mar. 2025
Emotions escalated; an impassioned and teary speech was given, pointing out my wrongheadedness.
—Yiyun Li, Harper's Magazine, 2 Nov. 2024
See All Example Sentences for teary
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“Teary.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/teary. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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