He'd barely talked, couldn't eat, was almost teary with the pain.

You seemed almost teary -how upset were you?

He seemed stricken, almost teary.

We'd come up over a hill and he'd see the radio towers, the beacons flashing, and he would get almost teary-eyed...

"The entire holding of the di Fellbro family," the guard said, almost teary.

"So I take it then that you've made your decision?" I felt almost teary myself.