Example Sentences

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Nari Kim, an Austrian-Korean whose brother Hong Kim died last year, spoke tearily to journalists.

From Washington Times • Oct. 27, 2023

The show has her simply sit there and take it, listen tearily as usual to his grandstanding speech.

From Salon • Apr. 20, 2023

He sat alongside fellow broadcaster Michael Kay, and at the top of fourth inning delivered a somber note to attentive fans as he tearily announced his retirement at 74.

From Fox News • Oct. 3, 2021

“I have avoided so many events with them, because for so many years of my life I pretended that I was not a Middle Eastern person,” he said, tearily.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 11, 2018

“Good-bye, my child,’ the mama chicken said tearily.

From "Stella by Starlight" by Sharon M. Draper