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Recent Examples of teary Jacob Elordi and Oscar Isaac shared a teary hug during the approximately 14-minute applause break. Bethy Squires, Vulture, 31 Aug. 2025 The whole, which left me teary for much of the finale, is far more than the sum of its parts, which are generally entertaining and sometimes quite funny, though occasionally a bit forgettable. Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 22 Aug. 2025 Zach, meanwhile, gets teary over his current predicament. Nick Caruso, TVLine, 14 Aug. 2025 All the conceits of a true-crime film are there – the lead detective interviews, shaky images from police-cams, the salacious headlines, the nauseating crime scene photos, the TV news reports, teary interviews with friends and family. Randy Myers, Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for teary
Recent Examples of Synonyms for teary
Adjective
  • As Morgan and Sasha chat it up at Noah’s family’s Purim party, a sad-eyed Esther stands off to the side, quietly watching the interaction.
    Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The footage shows Deiseroth’s demeanor teetering between sad and angry.
    David Goodhue October 24, Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • For him, their tearful reunion was closure enough.
    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
Adjective
  • And that’s what's so depressing.
    Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 20 Oct. 2025
  • His college career has come to an end in a very depressing way.
    Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Some do not have the emotional wherewithal to to observe that others have needs as well.
    Joni Eareckson Tada, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Players, coaches, executives and ownership groups have come and gone, but the team remains despite a lengthy and emotional relocation saga that nearly resulted in a move to Seattle.
    Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 25 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The Panthers’ defense was largely effective against a pathetic Jets offense, which could barely muster movement at home.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 19 Oct. 2025
  • And Craig Waterman, the marketing executive from the 2024 film Friendship, took Robinson into new territory with a darker and more pathetic take on the same neurotic type.
    Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 13 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • But his crying scene in Ford v Ferrari is one for the ages.
    Michael Granberry, Dallas News, 17 Jan. 2020
Adjective
  • Cincinnati’s bumper music: The Burrow-less Bengals are weepy, and few bands do sadness like The National.
    Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • There was even a weepy Nicholas Sparks movie on offer called, appropriately, The Choice.
    Sophia Rosenfeld September 26, Literary Hub, 26 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • And every day, across from them, outside the clinic, about to enter or just leaving, there were women hugging each other and weeping.
    David Mamet, National Review, 11 Aug. 2022
  • The show manages to stay on the brink — always laughing, never quite weeping — for its entire length.
    Helen Shaw, Vulture, 8 Dec. 2021

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“Teary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/teary. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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