1
: flowing with or accompanied by tears
tearful entreaties
2
: causing tears : teary
a tearful eulogy
tearfulness
noun
Examples of tearful in a Sentence
He looked up at me with his tearful eyes and asked for help.
the tearful parting of two lovers
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For him, their tearful reunion was closure enough.
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Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
Sean Patrick Thomas gets another great acting moment here with Polarity’s tearful relief at feeling healthy again.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2025
But the shelter managed to capture a very sweet, and tearful, moment between the 6-month-old sisters on camera.
—Tj MacIas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Oct. 2025
On many nights, Tamara would find her grandmother hunched over the kitchen table, poring over trial transcripts in which Erik and Lyle delivered hours of tearful and stomach-churning accounts of beatings, verbal lashings and rape.
—Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 12 Oct. 2025
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Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
Sean Patrick Thomas gets another great acting moment here with Polarity’s tearful relief at feeling healthy again.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2025
But the shelter managed to capture a very sweet, and tearful, moment between the 6-month-old sisters on camera.
—Tj MacIas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Oct. 2025
On many nights, Tamara would find her grandmother hunched over the kitchen table, poring over trial transcripts in which Erik and Lyle delivered hours of tearful and stomach-churning accounts of beatings, verbal lashings and rape.
—Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 12 Oct. 2025
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“Tearful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tearful. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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