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• a  filled with or marked by tears
  tearful eyes
  tearful entreaties
• s  showing sorrow

• Asked, "Did you get your raise?" the now tearful Taylor is said to have answered, "No, but I found a father.
• But San Francisco's shock was more centrally focused last week from the moment when a tearful Dianne Feinstein, president of the board of supervisors, stepped outside her city .
• Required viewing: MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell talks to the former Cabinet nominee, says he "sounded as though he were tearful.

• dolorous
• dolourous
• lachrymose
• weeping

• tearless

News & Articles

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• Father of toddler left alone in neighborhood found at home
  A tearful 3-year-old mysteriously appeared in an elderly woman's carport all alone Thursday morning. After a few frantic hours, deputies found the father at home not too far.
  June 13, 2013 - WMCTV Memphis
• Driver in fatal DUI accident apologizes, sentenced to eight years in prison
  DECATUR — The courtroom was charged with emotion as Sharon D. Wilder delivered a tearful, barely understandable apology to a packed gallery after she pleaded guilty to killing 60-year-old Mark E. Howard by running him over with her car while intoxicated as he rode to work on his motor scooter.
  June 13, 2013 - Herald & Review
• Women Give Tearful Testimony as Trial Against Charlotte Doctor Continues
  The trial of Dr. Kassem Hallak continued Tuesday, as two women testified. They spoke tearfully of alleged incidents of sexual abuse at Dr. Hallak's office. The women who spoke today are two of eleven who have accused Hallak of assault.
  June 11, 2013 - WILX 10 Lansing

Quotes

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• Patrick Swayze in Arizona Republic
  They're reporting that I'm on my last legs and saying goodbye to my tearful family! . . . It's upsetting that the shoddy and reckless reporting from these publications cast a negative shadow on the positive and good fight I'm fighting,Swayze...
• Selena in Stuff.co.nz
  Ms Edwards' sister Selena McArthur said: "When I look back at things now, it's too late to say `if only I did this, if only I did that'. And we didn't discuss it. So maybe it is time we got it out in the open. It's quite sad and tearful, but we need...
• Nansook Hong in Consortium News
  I went directly to Mrs. Moon with Hyo Jin's claims,Nansook Hong wrote. "She was both furious and tearful. She had hoped that such pain would end with her, that it would not be passed on to the next generation, she told me." "No one...