Example Sentences

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While it’s true that you don’t want to be tearing up every time you get feedback, a one-time slip into teariness isn’t going to destroy your reputation.

From Slate • Sep. 4, 2018

Mets fans, known for rude chants, took a surprisingly different view, cocooning Mr. Flores in ovation after ovation in the games that followed the on-field teariness.

From New York Times • Oct. 17, 2015

There was none of the teariness that afflicted Michael Vaughan when he bowed out.

From The Guardian • Aug. 29, 2012

And as is so often the case in sentimental fiction, the teariness goes hand in hand with some excruciating whimsy.

From Time Magazine Archive