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Meanings of tearful smile in English

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Usage of tearful smile in English
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The unexpected question sent Tess staggering back; a tearful smile spread the red lips.
Tess of the Storm Country
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Ida gave her a tearful smile, and Betty kissed her.
Betty Gordon at Mountain Camp; Or, The Mystery of Ida Bellethorn...
3
Molly finally pulled away from her mother and wiped her eyes with a tearful smile.
Bungalow 2
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She might comfort him with the tearful smile of a lover ready to soothe her lifemate's pain.
Seven Surrenders
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She looked up with a tearful smile.
The Right of Way — Volume 03
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Pen gave a sudden tearful smile.
Still Jim
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Why, it's almost like seeing Effie herself to see you, John! she repeated, giving him a tearful smile.
Christie Redfern's Troubles
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She managed a tearful smile.
Ape House
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She reproves him for this with a tearful smile (it wouldn't be her smile if it wasn't tearful).
Stage-Land
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He tore himself away, and when at a safe distance flung her a kiss, which she rewarded with a tearful smile.
The Guardian Angel
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She seemed to take courage and comfort from his words, and with a timid, tearful smile began to pick at her macaroni cheese.
Career of Evil
12
He raised himself from his pillows as he took her small, warm, fibrous hand, and his pallid face brightened into a tearful smile.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume ...
13
Tom tried to answer her; but somehow his great faithful heart was overflowing, and he could only look at her with a tearful smile.
Po-No-Kah: An Indian Tale of Long Ago
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It is a shamelessly sentimental ending, all tearful smiles and pealing bells.
The Guardian
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"We even named the house," recalled Mother Carey with a tearful smile.
Mother Carey's Chickens
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"No, John," said Ellen, meeting his eyes with a tearful smile.
The Wide, Wide World
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