How to Use teary in a Sentence

teary

adjective
  • He made a teary farewell to the fans.
  • There were many teary eyes among those in the audience.
  • The hours that followed the call were a teary blur, Mike said.
    Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2024
  • Cabin crew wept in the rear of the plane and passed teary-eyed up and down the aisles.
    Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2022
  • On May 19, a broken, teary-eyed Zhao popped up at the square for the last time.
    Chang Che, The New Republic, 27 Oct. 2022
  • Treviño stayed to help the teary nurse who had been taking care of the man.
    Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2020
  • Rivera could hear the moment on the other end of the line, and began to get teary-eyed.
    Greta Bjornson, PEOPLE.com, 14 Dec. 2021
  • Notes have flooded in and have each been read with our own teary eyes.
    Sophie Lewis, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2020
  • Is the red-eyed/teary-eyed Rick in the current timeline and the bearded Rick in the future?
    Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Oct. 2017
  • It’s a charm fest filled with a few teary moments and a killer soundtrack.
    Anna Moeslein, Glamour, 8 Feb. 2022
  • But that didn't stop Bell from getting teary-eyed, and who could blame her?
    Caralynn Lippo, Redbook, 30 Mar. 2017
  • Even still, the payoff at the end doesn't disappoint and may even leave you a bit teary-eyed.
    Joey Morona, cleveland.com, 24 May 2017
  • Omar, Cayetana, Samu, and Rebe have gathered to say their teary goodbyes.
    Olivia Truffaut-Wong, refinery29.com, 22 June 2021
  • A teary-eyed Missy is bio-locked out of playing with the controls.
    Kelly Fiveash, Ars Technica, 18 June 2017
  • King Charles III stood by during the moments of farewell, and appeared teary-eyed.
    David Oliver, USA TODAY, 19 Sep. 2022
  • Each member of Bent Knee is grinning; Ms. Kion looks teary.
    Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 July 2022
  • Don't miss a moment of the glitz and glamour from the first heeled shoe to hit the red carpet to the last teary-eyed acceptance speech.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 25 Feb. 2022
  • And so, the day after the shooting, with a crowd of reporters and camera crews a few streets away, Quiroz stood in the back yard, teary-eyed.
    Andrea Ball, USA TODAY, 25 May 2022
  • Should the track come up during the film, it’s bound to get dolls everywhere a little teary eyed.
    Starr Bowenbank, Billboard, 14 July 2023
  • Fans, some teary-eyed, walked slowly by the tomb, pausing to pay their respects.
    Time, 23 Jan. 2023
  • Cameron was born Chloe Celeste, and her initials can be seen on the phone case in her teary selfies.
    Alexis Gaskin, Glamour, 19 May 2022
  • The thing that made me really teary-eyed was seeing young black kids with their moms there.
    Carmen Dipippo, PEOPLE.com, 25 June 2019
  • Tuesday night should have come with a spoiler alert and some tissues for a teary Mike White.
    Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2023
  • The meeting ended in an ebullient wave of joy and tired-teary relief.
    Rebecca Altman, The Atlantic, 15 Mar. 2022
  • All of that sort of counters Moore’s teary eyed description of his boss after the Penn State game.
    Terence Moore, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Kardashian tagged her husband in the clip, and added a teary eyed emoji.
    Gabrielle Rockson, Peoplemag, 18 Oct. 2023
  • So there was O'Connor, teary-eyed and confused, left to realize his ticket was a bad omen from the start.
    Dakota Crawford, Indianapolis Star, 15 Mar. 2018
  • So would their teary-eyed parents, who kiss them goodbye.
    BostonGlobe.com, 12 Sep. 2021
  • The conjunctiva lining the eyelids swells, causing the eye to become teary and red.
    Maxine Lipner, Verywell Health, 29 July 2024
  • Baldwin could be seen teary eyed as the judge made her decision, his head in his hands and hugging his attorney.
    Brian Welk, IndieWire, 12 July 2024

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