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John McCain's daughter, Meghan McCain, gave a heartfelt and tearful speech at the memorial service for her father at Washington National Cathedral this morning. — Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, "Read the Full Transcript of Meghan McCain's Eulogy for Her Father John McCain," 1 Sep. 2018 Kelly Clarkson, the host of this year's Billboard Music Awards, opened the show with a tearful message about the recent shooting at Santa Fe High School in Texas. — Lyndsey Havens, Billboard, "Kelly Clarkson Address Santa Fe Shooting at 2018 Billboard Music Awards: 'I'm Sick of Moments of Silence'," 20 May 2018 At Simons’s emotional final show for Jil Sander during the Fall 2012 season, the designer emerged from backstage for a tearful bow as the audience rose for a standing ovation. — Steff Yotka, Vogue, "Raf Simons Has a Peculiar Runway Show Habit—Have You Noticed It?," 16 Jan. 2019 This show of emotion, in turn, made Gaga at first verklempt and then fully tearful. — Michelle Ruiz, Vogue, "Lady Gaga Had a Sally Field “You Like Me” Moment at the Toronto Film Festival," 11 Sep. 2018 The photo, which went viral, shows a tearful Devonte hugging a police officer. — Melissa Gray, CNN, "Boy in viral 'hug' photo missing after family's car plunges off cliff," 28 Mar. 2018 But after a string of sweet interactions between her friends, tearful moments from Rosie, and at least one inspiring Dolly-ism, everyone appears to come around. — Megan Stein, Country Living, "Here's Your First Look at Netflix's New "Dumplin'' Movie," 6 Dec. 2018 His ashes were interred at Washington, DC’s National Cathedral on Friday, as the first openly gay Episcopal bishop extended a tearful welcome to LGBTQ individuals who had felt unwanted by their churches. — Tara Isabella Burton, Vox, "“Welcome home, Matt”: Bishop Robinson welcomes Matthew Shepard — and gay Christians — back to the church," 26 Oct. 2018 Actors like Julianne Moore, Kiera Knightly, and Gugu Mbatha-Raw are shown in reflective postures, tearful breakdowns, and other stages of grief at losing love. — Liz Cantrell, Town & Country, "The Five Books Everyone Will Be Talking About in September," 5 Sep. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'tearful.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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