Other Word Forms
- tearlessly adverb
- tearlessness noun
Etymology
Origin of tearless
Example Sentences
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I was feeling fairly tough and moderately tearless until sorting night.
From Los Angeles Times
One or two news photos would show her with swollen eyes, but tearless.
From Los Angeles Times
During the six-hour flight back to London I sat bolt upright, tearless and unable to eat, drink or even visit the loo.
From The Guardian
We see mothers in fierce, tearless overdrive, like figures from Shakespearean tragedy.
From The Guardian
Often when I held him, he cried, a thin, desperate, tearless wail.
From The Guardian
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