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as in emotional
given to expressing strong emotion (as sorrow) by readily shedding tears
a tearful woman who can be counted on to cry at every wedding, anniversary, and funeral
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as in sad
causing unhappiness
the tearful end to what had once been a close friendship
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Recent Examples of tearful
In a tearful TikTok post on Friday, Longo informed Peanut’s followers of his death.
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Ahjané Forbes, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2024
Two years later, Monica Rivera, the only eyewitness to the crime, recanted in a tearful phone call with Duran’s family.
—Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
The Streep interaction comes days after Adele and singer Celine Dion shared a tearful encounter during a recent concert.
—Alli Rosenbloom, CNN, 3 Nov. 2024
Adele became tearful as the pair embraced for several seconds.
—Nicholas Rice, People.com, 2 Nov. 2024
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Ahjané Forbes, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2024
Two years later, Monica Rivera, the only eyewitness to the crime, recanted in a tearful phone call with Duran’s family.
—Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
The Streep interaction comes days after Adele and singer Celine Dion shared a tearful encounter during a recent concert.
—Alli Rosenbloom, CNN, 3 Nov. 2024
Adele became tearful as the pair embraced for several seconds.
—Nicholas Rice, People.com, 2 Nov. 2024
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After public comment at the Wednesday meeting, during which many speakers had called for her resignation, an emotional Corpus addressed the supervisors.Ryan Macasero, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
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Avoiding the downward spiral Practicing gratitude can make a significant, positive impact on a person’s emotional and physical health.Contributing Writer, Orange County Register, 12 Nov. 2024
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After a few training montages and a brief interview with facility manager Didi (Stephanie Beatriz), Charles moves into Pacific View to begin the process of meeting the staff and fellow residents, who are variously enthusiastic and sad, bored and over-programmed, lonely and horny.Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Nov. 2024
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Last year, Ficklin was feeling a little sad and anxious about moving out of her family’s home of 23 years.Carolyn L. Todd, SELF, 20 Nov. 2024
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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
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The show manages to stay on the brink — always laughing, never quite weeping — for its entire length.Helen Shaw, Vulture, 8 Dec. 2021
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Thanks for following along. jen chaney Updated Nov. 5, 2024, 11:20 PM EST In all seriousness, this is depressing as hell Kornacki has been sharing a lot of percentage points and weird names of counties in the Midwest — Winnebago? — for the past five-plus hours.Jen Chaney, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2024
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Loading your audio article The national election news was downright depressing for many in the Bay Area, but there was a lot of cause for celebration among local candidates Tuesday night.Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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Lydia Tar’s lack of self-awareness only made the character funnier and more pathetic in her downfall.Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 15 Nov. 2024
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After a downright pathetic few weeks, the Russians regrouped—or at least got regrouped enough.Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
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As Noah’s foster mother Denise, the great Rosie Perez sustains a single note of teary, shouty panic.Alison Herman, Variety, 25 Oct. 2024
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Emotions escalated; an impassioned and teary speech was given, pointing out my wrongheadedness.Yiyun Li, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
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That undoubtedly contributes to the mournful feeling that has enveloped Númenor, which is still dealing with the death of King Tar-Palantir and the fallout of Mount Doom’s eruption, including Míriel’s loss of sight.Keith Phipps, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2024
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Soon a mournful blue light would rise over the islands in the sea.Greg Jackson, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
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Watch on Deadline Moore talks here about how the project came her way, and the weepy movie that catapulted her into the big leagues, 1990’s Ghost, which grossed back in the day over a half billion worldwide — enormous for the time.Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2024
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The next morning brings an ambulance, a silent Greek chorus of frowning male faces, and a startling discovery: a baby boy, a weepy bundle of non-joy, is found, and rescued, on a nearby farm.Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 27 June 2024
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“Tearful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tearful. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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