shed a tear

idiom

: to cry or weep

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

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But Wanda probably won’t shed a tear for the end of the nine-year relationship. —Jacky Wong, WSJ, 24 May 2021

The Movie definitely shed a tear when Miley and Billy Ray sang this song. —Natalie Maher, Harper's BAZAAR, 27 Sep. 2022

The aforementioned audition scene is particularly funny, as Ms. Berlant desperately attempts to shed a tear on cue, her nagging inability to do so being a running gag with a moist payoff. —Charles Isherwood, WSJ, 8 Sep. 2022

No one’s going to shed a tear for the venture capital firms–and no one should. —Nihal Mehta, Fortune, 22 Mar. 2023

Dare her to unpackage this one in the mail and not shed a tear. 39. —Jasmine Gomez, Women's Health, 20 Mar. 2023

Her operatically devastating failing is not being able to shed a tear on cue. —Peter Marks, Washington Post, 9 Jan. 2023

And further, who doesn’t already think of themselves as emotionally complicated enough to shed a tear on a day that is supposed to be happy? —Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 19 Oct. 2022

Second-year coach Rob McNerney nearly shed a tear, taking in his program’s journey to its first district baseball championship in 30 years, which the Preppers secured Wednesday with their 4-1 win against Tallmadge in the OHSAA Division II tournament. —Matt Goul, cleveland, 25 May 2022

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