shed a tear

phrase

: to cry or weep

I never saw my father shed a single tear, even when my mother died.

Examples of shed a tear in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

At safety, Panthers fans surely shed a tear when true-freshman star Jessiah McGrew transferred to Arizona State. — Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 5 Apr. 2026

Queen Elizabeth shed a tear at the yacht’s decommissioning in 1997. — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 12 Jan. 2026

Nobody besides Cuba would shed a tear if Maduro was forced to vacate the Miraflores Palace. — Defense Priorities, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025

Schadenfreude is a part of the appeal of this book, but don’t shed a tear for Neumann, who walked away a billionaire and has started another company. — Simon Hill, Wired News, 17 Nov. 2025

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