tear duct
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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K is now completely blind in his left eye, his tear duct was destroyed and the “flaps of my eye are barely holding on,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 13, 2026
The paper also reported that he had been diagnosed with cancer of the tear duct several years ago but had declined surgery to remove the eye.
From BBC • Mar. 27, 2024
Connor's first reconstructive surgery to his face lasted more than three hours and he'll need more surgeries to repair nerve damage and his tear duct, his mother, Cassandra Ware, said through the sheriff's office.
From Fox News • Feb. 9, 2022
In a photo of it, Ms. Stern, a makeup artist in the Los Angeles area, had accentuated her green iris with a dab of silver shimmery eye shadow and rhinestones near her tear duct.
From New York Times • Jan. 21, 2022
He rubbed harder, and something squeezed out of his tear duct.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
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