tearstain
noun
a mark or wet streak left by tears.
tearstained
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a word derived from
tearstain.
Example Sentences
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My husband said four years ago people were coming in all day with tearstained faces and we haven’t seen that today, four years later.
From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2020
Fauzi excused himself to wash his tearstained face.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 27, 2019
There’s something tearstained about even the wildest flights of Chabonian fancy, as if each wondrous occurrence stood in for some feeling the writer couldn’t state outright.
From Slate ● Nov. 30, 2016
This large, tearstained portrait of flabbiness took considerable acting.
From Time Magazine Archive
The tears that fell down Maya-Jade’s already tearstained face were a different flavor from the previous ones.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
