Definitions
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- adjective with eyes full of tears
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Examples
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The stand-up comedian didn't stick solely to films that could show off just how that watery-eyed stare could cut right through you: his next film in 2009 was the animated comedy, "G-Force."
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But there I sat, a few nights ago, watery-eyed as a hero died again.
Insanity of the Afghan endgame Peter Preston 2010
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But as her board touched down, Tally made sure not to catch his watery-eyed gaze.
Scott Westerfeld: Uglies Quartet Scott Westerfeld 2010
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Joy imagined her bemused parents opening the door to the strange, watery-eyed girl, and the terrible dawning horror that their children were lost somewhere below their feet.
Unearthly Asylum P. J. Bracegirdle 2010
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Joy glanced again at the watery-eyed girl peering out from the photo.
Unearthly Asylum P. J. Bracegirdle 2010
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Joy glanced again at the watery-eyed girl peering out from the photo.
Unearthly Asylum P. J. Bracegirdle 2010
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Having said that, Macfadyen, watery-eyed and lugubrious, brought welcome character and life to proceedings that somehow managed to square the circle of being fast-moving but dull.
Rewind TV: Any Human Heart; Mandelson: The Real PM?; JFK: The Making of Modern Politics; Peep Show Phil Hogan 2010
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Joy imagined her bemused parents opening the door to the strange, watery-eyed girl, and the terrible dawning horror that their children were lost somewhere below their feet.
Unearthly Asylum P. J. Bracegirdle 2010
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I have Blue-Eyed Devil in my tbr..maybe I will get a bit watery-eyed ;
Crying orannia 2009
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I hate tie-dye to begin with, it reminds me of smelly VW buses and slow-witted, watery-eyed, armpity-smelling people with birkenstocks.
Back to Basics Jen 2009
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