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Recent Examples of misty-eyed
Jones didn’t grow up loving baseball, but Mann’s passion for the game — which is reawakened over the course of the film’s epic odyssey — has been central to fans’ misty-eyed devotion to the sport ever since.
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Will Leitch, Vulture, 12 Sep. 2024
Tam recalled getting a little misty-eyed after the fact.
—Darcie Moran, Detroit Free Press, 25 Oct. 2024
Is your parent always getting misty-eyed at the thought of their college days?
—Malia Griggs, SELF, 16 Oct. 2024
Among the misty-eyed outside the Bruin last night was Hans Michael, 52, a Pasadena native who has been a regular since the 1970s, when his older brother attended nearby UCLA.
—Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 July 2024
There was his boy, a little misty-eyed as well, looking up at him from the ice inside Bell Centre, hockey’s greatest modern cathedral in Montreal.
—Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 11 May 2024
Even in rehearsals with Niall Horan fill-ins Dan and Shay and the season's Mega-Mentor Wynonna Judd, people were getting misty-eyed over this trio of songs.
—EW.com, 14 Nov. 2023
Justice O’Connor was visibly misty-eyed during the ceremony at which Justice Ginsburg took the judicial oath.
—Linda Greenhouse, New York Times, 1 Dec. 2023
Campers on the Mall interviewed by The Washington Post tended to speak politely of Charles but without the same misty-eyed devotion people had toward his mother.
—Karla Adam, Washington Post, 5 May 2023
Will Leitch, Vulture, 12 Sep. 2024
Tam recalled getting a little misty-eyed after the fact.
—Darcie Moran, Detroit Free Press, 25 Oct. 2024
Is your parent always getting misty-eyed at the thought of their college days?
—Malia Griggs, SELF, 16 Oct. 2024
Among the misty-eyed outside the Bruin last night was Hans Michael, 52, a Pasadena native who has been a regular since the 1970s, when his older brother attended nearby UCLA.
—Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 July 2024
There was his boy, a little misty-eyed as well, looking up at him from the ice inside Bell Centre, hockey’s greatest modern cathedral in Montreal.
—Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 11 May 2024
Even in rehearsals with Niall Horan fill-ins Dan and Shay and the season's Mega-Mentor Wynonna Judd, people were getting misty-eyed over this trio of songs.
—EW.com, 14 Nov. 2023
Justice O’Connor was visibly misty-eyed during the ceremony at which Justice Ginsburg took the judicial oath.
—Linda Greenhouse, New York Times, 1 Dec. 2023
Campers on the Mall interviewed by The Washington Post tended to speak politely of Charles but without the same misty-eyed devotion people had toward his mother.
—Karla Adam, Washington Post, 5 May 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for misty-eyed
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In the inaugural installment of PEOPLE's new video series My Side, Hanson brothers Isaac, Taylor and Zac get nostalgic about creating the chart-topping 1997 pop hit — and who exactly came up with its iconic and unique title.Jack Irvin, People.com, 4 Nov. 2024
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Some of the visitors were feeling nostalgic as well.Arpan Lobo, Detroit Free Press, 2 Nov. 2024
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These channels, which come from all over the world, are like that, but without the sentimental backstories.Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
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The sentimental montage began with a clip of Jenn, 26, crying while confronting her ex-fiancé Devin Strader at the After the Final Rose ceremony.Esther Kang, People.com, 4 Nov. 2024
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Complete the gift with a couple of Pura’s dreamy scent cartridges (hello, lemon verbena).Jessica Kasparian, SELF, 5 Nov. 2024
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Here's what to do and where to say on a dreamy trip to Mexico.Zachary Rabinor, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2024
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Co-directed with Jewish Israeli filmmaker Yaron Shani, the movie paints a subtle picture of a society split along fissures religious, political, cultural, and economic, without ever chiding his characters or dipping into mawkish sentimentality.Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Sep. 2024
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And the hints for today’s groups are: Yellow group — leader or main thing Green group — these can be prickly Blue group — mawkish movies, perhaps Purple group — these have a limit, some might say What Are Today’s Connections Groups?Kris Holt, Forbes, 15 Sep. 2024
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Malinauskas opened the second box, which contained a Bell & Ross Regulateur with a big, moony face and a stainless-steel bezel.Susan Orlean, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2019
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Yet, Bronson still stood out, with his alternately creepy and moony portrayal of a man biding his time dating Wood’s mother while vying for the younger woman’s attention.Carla Meyer, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Feb. 2018
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The song feels all the more maudlin when Lily’s father kicks her door in and throws Atlas to the ground, nearly beating him to death.Coleman Spilde, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2024
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Advertisement Lindsay-Abaire’s book and lyrics and Tesori’s peppy Broadway pop music have a madcap streak that resists ever being maudlin.Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2024
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Greatest baseball movie or sappiest baseball movie?Will Leitch, Vulture, 12 Sep. 2024
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Feedback is always welcomed but only if constructive and without sappy emotional baggage.Lance Eliot, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024
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The song is saccharine, soppy, and tongue-in-cheek, like all of Redd Kross’ best power pop songs.Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 28 June 2024
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The father, Richard (David Paymer), is a charming if soppy patriarch, and certainly the most Allen-esque character.Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 June 2024
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“Misty-eyed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misty-eyed. Accessed 25 Nov. 2024.
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