hot tear
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of hot tear
First recorded in 1930–35
Example Sentences
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Her words burn all the way down my neck into my chest like a scalding hot tear.
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
The two women looked at him; and his mother got rid as unobtrusively as possible of a vexed and hot tear that would come.
From A Red Wallflower by Warner, Susan
For a moment his heart relented, and a hot tear fell among her golden curls.
From The Portland Sketch Book by Various
A hot tear splashed on Roy's forehead; he put up his hand and stroked his aunt's face.
From His Big Opportunity by Le Feuvre, Amy
Dead! and no hot tear would stir All that woman sweet and fair, Woman soul from feet to hair Which was once of her.
From The Triumph of Music And Other Lyrics by Cawein, Madison Julius
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