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Usage examples of teary.

Angelique raised a teary gaze to Brett, like twin pansies with crystal drops clinging to spiky lashes.

Pushing aside a teary gentleman who was blundering toward the exit, she locked the door.

The first surge of fright was wearing off, to be fast replaced with a teary feeling.

Riding the teary tide, she peaked and rode the wave down to the shallows.

She must have drifted into a fitful, teary sleep on the quilt because she remembered dreaming of Thomas and suddenly being in his arms.

Lizzie worked with a very teary Stella to pack the few belongings they had brought with them to Garland Creek.

Connie took a dainty white handkerchief out of her shoulder bag and sniffed, dabbing at her teary eyes.

Gut-wrenching regret and remorse moved through Ryder as he gazed down into that teary face.

She relived the frantic shopping and packing, the last teary gatherings with friends, the fear of a faceless roommate, the terror of academic failure.

Emily was teary with happiness at the sight of her daughter the college student, laughing, holding Jill tightly.

Then the laughter began and ran for a full half-minute, before trailing off into teary giggles.

She let him have just a confirming glimpse of her teary face, although why she was prolonging their association, she hadn't a notion.

Earlier, it'd been kinda hairy, what with some high school girls gettin' all sniffly, a couple of neckless farm boys with too much beer in their bellies demanding to meet Miss Katie Hawk, and a teary middle-aged couple who'd driven all the way from Berryville just to get Matt's autograph because he reminded them of their deceased son.

His voice was shaky--either with fear or with love, I don't know which--he'd often get teary when he first saw me again after I'd been away for a while--and he said to me, 'Son, I've just been named Best Dentist on the Jolly Jews basketball team!

The surgeon laid Thur down on a trestle table, muttered a perfunctory-sounding spell against suppuration, and sewed die edges of the cut together with a curved needle while Thur, eyes crossed and teary, bit on a rag, his breath whistling through his teeth.