teariness

This emotional teariness was so unlike my eight-year-old.

Devotional Stories for Mothers Susan M. Heim 2010

This emotional teariness was so unlike my eight-year-old.

Devotional Stories for Mothers Susan M. Heim 2010

On the verge of tears [women being weak, they're prone to teariness], Lennox told the media how, a few days after Christmas, she turned on the telly [Britspeak for television -- that's Jamie being cleverly vernacular] to see that Gaza was in flames (the years of Hamas rocket-fire into southern Israel that precipitated the airstrikes apparently escaped her analysis) [snark, snark].

At the Corner of Hollywood and Whine: James Wolcott Wolcott, James, 1952- 2009

I've been having depression symptoms - terminal insomnia fantastic name for waking up at 4 am and teariness - so my shrink and I are inching up my dose.

Grumpy old trout, part one; or, Invisibility 2009

Asked about Sen. Hillary Clinton's teariness at a campaign stop yesterday, Mr. Obama said, "I know this process is a grind," declining to comment further.

Mitt Romney's Closing Ad Echoes 'Change' Theme; 2008

A teariness returned then, though it was as much from apprehension as anything else.

The Summer I Dared Barbara Delinsky 2004

A teariness returned then, though it was as much from apprehension as anything else.

The Summer I Dared Barbara Delinsky 2004

So the teariness today, I think, is age, not having Margie around, but it was always there.

Promise and Power: The Life and Times of Robert McNamara 1993

Except for the incidental teariness of her voice, her tone was casual, as though she mentioned a subject previously discussed and understood; for Fanny had no doubt that George had only pretended to be mystified because, in his pride, he would not in words admit that he knew what he knew.

The Magnificent Ambersons; illustrated by Arthur William Brown 1918

Except for the incidental teariness of her voice, her tone was casual, as though she mentioned a subject previously discussed and understood; for Fanny had no doubt that George had only pretended to be mystified because, in his pride, he would not in words admit that he knew what he knew.

Chapter 21 1918