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Meanings of almost tearful in inglês

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Usage of almost tearful in inglês
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Sheila transferred her blinking, almost tearful look from the stove to him.
Hidden Creek
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She really did feel afraid, and said this in an almost tearful voice.
Father Sergius
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Embracing her daughter in tremulous, almost tearful delight, she burst forth:
The Auction Block
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Toby, still held by the sheltering arm, waxed incoherent, almost tearful.
Charles Rex
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There were consultations between Ab and the angry and anxious and almost tearful Lightfoot.
The Story of Ab: A Tale of the Time of the Cave Man
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The Indian Government would become almost tearful on these occasions.
The Kipling Reader / Selections from the Books of Rudyard Kiplin...
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She showed it to me with an almost tearful gravity.
The Wedding Guest: A Friend of the Bride and Bridegroom
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His insistence upon his obligation was suddenly almost tearful.
The Market-Place
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But another objection she urged with almost tearful earnestness.
The Whirlpool
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Disconcerted and almost tearful, Chaigneux nevertheless renewed his attempt.
The Three Cities Trilogy: Paris, Volume 5
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Martin's face was a queer study of contemptuous compunction; Thyme's was startled, softened, almost tearful.
Fraternity
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And so she held in accents almost tearful that something must be done to save him.
Mistress Wilding
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I bowed to the man in the photograph and said an almost tearful "Arigato."
World war z: an oral history of the zombie war
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Her emotion was such that she detected her voice to be assuming an almost tearful tone.
Bertha Garlan
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All at once Lise grew vehement, almost tearful.
Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill
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I thought,"-inan injured, almost tearful voice-"thatyou would understand."
The Glory of the Conquered: The Story of a Great Love
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