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
Still the stricken woman took no notice of him until a large hot tear, which the youth could not restrain, dropped upon her forehead, and coursed down her cheek.
From Erling the Bold by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
He did not answer,—he only pressed me convulsively to his heart, and I felt one hot tear, and then another and another falling on my brow.
From Ernest Linwood or, The Inner Life of the Author by Caroline Lee Hentz
And now a slow hot tear scorched its way down her cheek.
From The Ladies A Shining Constellation of Wit and Beauty by L. Adams (Lily Adams) Beck
She felt a hot tear on her hand, which had come in spite of the maiden.
From The Golden Age in Transylvania by Mór Jókai
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