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Recent Examples of tearful The footage showed a tearful Edan Alexander urging President-elect Donald Trump to strike a deal to end the war. Gabe Joselow, NBC News, 16 Jan. 2025 During the broadcast, the beloved NBC personality was feted with everything from celebrity well-wishes (including Oprah and Jamie Lee Curtis) to tearful moments with her co-stars — and crew. Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025 Hoda Kotb had a tearful sendoff Friday during her last day on Today, the NBC morning news franchise. Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Jan. 2025 Final show recap:Hoda Kotb bids tearful 'Today' show farewell Need a break? Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for tearful 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tearful
Adjective
  • People feel abandoned or unprepared, amplifying the emotional toll.
    John Hope Bryant, TIME, 18 Jan. 2025
  • These intelligent and emotional animals have been a part of human culture for centuries—as companions, workers and performers.
    Scott Travers, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • January 26, 2025: Once again, the Bills lose their playoff game against the Chiefs, sparking a bunch of sad Josh Allen edits on TikTok.
    Glamour, Glamour, 27 Jan. 2025
  • In a sad irony, her grieving family strives to live by Maggie’s words and channel her spirit.
    Faith Karimi, CNN, 26 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • And every day, across from them, outside the clinic, about to enter or just leaving, there were women hugging each other and weeping.
    David Mamet, National Review, 11 Aug. 2022
  • The show manages to stay on the brink — always laughing, never quite weeping — for its entire length.
    Helen Shaw, Vulture, 8 Dec. 2021
Adjective
  • Viewership increased, the Afternoon Depression Zone grew less depressing, everyone seemed happier.
    Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 23 Jan. 2025
  • As well as Inauguration Day and Martin Luther King Jr. Day, today is known as Blue Monday – thought to be the most depressing day of the year.
    Alyssa Jaffer, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Something drastic has to be done with this pathetic group of men masquerading as basketball players.
    Ticked Off, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Jan. 2025
  • On Vanderpump Rules, this man was smug, pathetic, punchable.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 14 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Tyrus captioned the Instagram video, which also showed his teary reaction to his son’s gesture.
    Emily Krauser, People.com, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Adele bid a teary goodbye to Vegas at the final show in her two-year residency in Sin City.
    Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 24 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • Angelo Badalamenti’s mournful, string-laden score draws us in, emphasizing the quaintness of the visuals, while also suggesting a deeper pain at the core of this place.
    Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 19 Jan. 2025
  • The Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) shared a sorrowful story across their social media feeds about a mournful looking cat.
    TJ Macias, Miami Herald, 10 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • That doesn’t mean every film has to be a history lesson or depressing, or weepy or political or provocative or wear its issues on its sleeve.
    Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Jan. 2025
  • Well, for comparison’s sake, here’s a timeline of Erivo and Grande’s extremely weepy press tour (part one).
    Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 3 Jan. 2025

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“Tearful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tearful. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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