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Meanings of tearful in anglès

Showing sorrow.

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Filled with or marked by tears.

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Usage of tearful in anglès
1
In a tearful address to delegates, he pleaded: 'The hour is late.
The Guardian
2
No; there was in her some emotion very different from the tearful.
Saint's Progress
3
There is an expression of misery and terror in her tearful eyes.
The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories
4
Lilian kissed them both; and Thecla said, in a tearful, frightened whisper.
An Old Meerschaum / From Coals Of Fire And Other Stories, Volume...
5
Back in central Havana, we said tearful farewells in the hotel lobby.
The Guardian
6
We collected the funds for him and he gave us tearful thanks.
Jamaica Observer
7
A tearful maiden charges onto the Senate floor with a bloodstained constitution?
Seven Surrenders
8
In the dark hall Norah whirled and clung to her companion, tearful.
Whirligigs
9
She has recently become tearful, withdrawn, clingy and has started having tantrums.
The Irish Times
10
But the tearful eyes of the beautiful matron forbade any further mention.
Lady Rosamond's Secret: A Romance of Fredericton
11
There was yet again a silence; a tearful silence on one part.
Melbourne House, Volume 2
12
A tearful Obokata faced a gruelling press conference, broadcast live on TV.
The Guardian
13
At that same spot farewells had been exchanged; farewells, sad and tearful.
A Child's Anti-Slavery Book / Containing a Few Words about Ameri...
14
Stories abound of tearful breakdowns, missed flights and bedtime stories left unread.
The Guardian
15
She spent hours out there, just playing,' said a tearful Deborah Gainey.
The blue edge of midnight
16
Novak Djokovic's tearful exit confirmed that playing for your country is different.
The Irish Times
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Tearful through the time
Tearful across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Less common