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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Then Reddick drove over to Victory Lane, where a teary Michael Jordan was waiting to bear hug him, and where owner Denny Hamlin and teammates Bubba Wallace and Riley Herbst were waiting to congratulate him.
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Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 16 Feb. 2026
Van Der Beek’s teary response to being dumped by Katie Holmes’ Joey character became a meme that endured long past the show’s end.
—Emily Longeretta, Variety, 11 Feb. 2026
The same Ollie Martin who left with his shoulders sunk and his teary eyes swollen.
—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
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Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 16 Feb. 2026
Van Der Beek’s teary response to being dumped by Katie Holmes’ Joey character became a meme that endured long past the show’s end.
—Emily Longeretta, Variety, 11 Feb. 2026
The same Ollie Martin who left with his shoulders sunk and his teary eyes swollen.
—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
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 20 Feb. 2026.
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