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
His burning eyes, out of which madness had flashed, became wet.... a hot tear escaped from under his eyelashes and trickled slowly down his pale cheeks....
From Gabriel A Story of the Jews in Prague by Kohn, Spiegfried
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 Hentz, Caroline Lee
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
It seemed as though there were no limit to Rod's ingenuity in devising ways of annoying him, and many a hot tear did he succeed in wringing from him.
From Bert Lloyd's Boyhood A Story from Nova Scotia by Finnemore, Joseph
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