tearier; teariest
Examples of teary in a Sentence
There were many teary eyes among those in the audience.
He made a teary farewell to the fans.
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The same Ollie Martin who left with his shoulders sunk and his teary eyes swollen.
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Brendan Quinn, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2026
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—Nikita Khanna, Vogue, 5 Feb. 2026
That memory from age 13 makes Sawitz, now 68 and father to a 12-year-old daughter, teary.
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Brendan Quinn, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2026
Now imagine the same with some of those teary eyes angled down toward glowing screens, while others frame the bride with their phones.
—Nikita Khanna, Vogue, 5 Feb. 2026
That memory from age 13 makes Sawitz, now 68 and father to a 12-year-old daughter, teary.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 1 Feb. 2026
Paul Thomas Anderson was teary eyed about De Luca after wining Best Director for One Battle After Another.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 11 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for teary
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“Teary.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/teary. Accessed 11 Feb. 2026.
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