Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A track or mark left by tears.
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- noun Any
stain produced fromtears from the eye.
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Examples
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Other than a tearstain down one cheek, she looked again like the seasoned commander of the Sentinels.
WORLD OF WARCRAFT STORMRAGE Richard A. Knaak 2010
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Other than a tearstain down one cheek, she looked again like the seasoned commander of the Sentinels.
WORLD OF WARCRAFT STORMRAGE Richard A. Knaak 2010
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Other than a tearstain down one cheek, she looked again like the seasoned commander of the Sentinels.
WORLD OF WARCRAFT STORMRAGE Richard A. Knaak 2010
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Still holding the unlit cigarette in one hand, he takes his white terry cloth belt in his other hand and scrubs at the tearstain.
Diary Palahniuk, Chuck 2003
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Rome put out a hand and gently brushed a tearstain from her cheek.
Rome's Revenge Craven, Sara 2001
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Rome put out a hand and gently brushed a tearstain from her cheek.
Rome's Revenge Craven, Sara 2001
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Then she sends messages to him and continues her crafty arts, lets him understand that she is losing sleep for love of him, is pining for him; maybe she sends him a ring, or a lock of her hair, a paring of her nails, a splinter from her lute, or part of her toothbrush, or a piece of fragrant gum (chewed by her) as a substitute for a kiss, or a note written and folded with her own hands and tied with a string from her lute, with a tearstain on it; and finally sealed with
Primitive Love and Love-Stories Henry Theophilus Finck 1890
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