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Meanings of watery-eyed in English

With eyes full of tears.

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Usage of watery-eyed in English
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He was a tremendous creature, grizzly and gray, and watery-eyed from age.
Little Mr. Thimblefinger and His Queer Country
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The Commissioner, watery-eyed in the early morning sun, swallowed his irritation.
Anno Dracula
3
Orbison finally took the lead and fixed me with his usual watery-eyed stare.
A Hard Day’s Knight
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The watery-eyed young man turned it over with the air of a gourmet.
Paul Kelver
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There is always a watery-eyed, red-lidded poodle in an establishment of this order.
Half a Rogue
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Rock was leaning over the saddle horn, howling and watery-eyed.
The Uphill Climb
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They clinked glasses, earning a few watery-eyed glances from the men at the bar.
Lockdown
8
Boots for children and thick-set working-women and watery-eyed old men!
My Year of the War / Including an Account of Experiences with th...
9
Only one of the band remained: the watery-eyed innkeeper.
The Motor Maids at Sunrise Camp
10
The girl sucked deep gulps of air, alternating her wide, watery-eyed gape between husband and wife.
"Undo": A Novel
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The internal-combustion engine killed it, but watery-eyed nostalgia has given rise to modern-day steampunks' fanciful creations.
Wired
12
They didn't want watery-eyed, full-throated guests at a luncheon worthy of bright smiles and keen appetites!
Everyman's Land
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Four of them were strangers to her, but the fifth she remembered: Goat Hennessey, white-bearded and watery-eyed.
Rebels of the Red Planet
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Which is why I find myself momentarily watery-eyed; it is as if I have travelled back 45 years.
BBC
15
He was very red-faced and watery-eyed.
The Trail of '98: A Northland Romance
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Jack was closemouthed, still, and watery-eyed, and his bare feet hung in the air without even a twitch.
The well and the mine