teary-eyed

adjective

: having eyes that are wet with tears

I got a little teary-eyed at the end of the movie.

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In a clip from the Tuesday, Oct. 29 episode of Netflix's Live From the Other Side with Tyler Henry, the model, 32, and the former NFL star, 35, became teary-eyed when Henry asked about a middle-aged friend who died from a heart condition. —

Natasha Dye, People.com, 31 Oct. 2024 Accepting the award on her behalf, Ruben managed to make more than one attendee teary-eyed with the incandescent passion for Isabel which is very much still a part of him. —

Laia Garcia-Furtado, Vogue, 29 Oct. 2024 Sandy Helberg got teary-eyed on the red carpet remembering his times at the theater in the 1980s. —

Emiliana Betancourt, Variety, 28 Oct. 2024 In the above video, Scott and a teary-eyed Braeden view the new set for the first time. —

The Deadline Tv Team, Deadline, 24 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for teary-eyed