1
: flowing with or accompanied by tears
tearful entreaties
2
: causing tears : teary
a tearful eulogy
tearfulness
noun
Examples of tearful in a Sentence
He looked up at me with his tearful eyes and asked for help.
the tearful parting of two lovers
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Or a tearful Villanova piccolo player soldiering through in the wake of a loss.
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Joe Rexrode, The Athletic, 24 Mar. 2025
In another post, Chopra shared a tearful emoji and a heart-smiling emoji over a photo of the musical's official Playbill.
—Dave Quinn, People.com, 21 Mar. 2025
Drummond ends up dead, Mark uses his tie, stained with Drummond's blood, to gain access to the room where Gemma has been ordered to disassemble a baby’s crib, and the couple have a tearful reunion and head for the exits.
—Gary Levin, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2025
In a night full of tearful pauses, Yates and the designer Rosanna Vize, one of the show’s four creators, also find several ways to produce a sense of farce.
—Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2025
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Joe Rexrode, The Athletic, 24 Mar. 2025
In another post, Chopra shared a tearful emoji and a heart-smiling emoji over a photo of the musical's official Playbill.
—Dave Quinn, People.com, 21 Mar. 2025
Drummond ends up dead, Mark uses his tie, stained with Drummond's blood, to gain access to the room where Gemma has been ordered to disassemble a baby’s crib, and the couple have a tearful reunion and head for the exits.
—Gary Levin, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2025
In a night full of tearful pauses, Yates and the designer Rosanna Vize, one of the show’s four creators, also find several ways to produce a sense of farce.
—Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for tearful
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“Tearful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tearful. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.
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