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Examples

  • I remember, as my sobs died down, that I became interested in watching the strange light-effects produced by partially opening and closing my tear-wet eyelids.

    CHAPTER IV 2010

  • I felt there was something when I saw his tear-wet eyes, his shaven head, his distracted look.

    Alcestis 2007

  • Finally, a damp sponge was passed over my tear-wet face, and thereupon, the smut dissolved and spread over my whole countenance, blotting out every feature in a sooty cloud.

    Satyricon 2007

  • But instead she planted a tiny kiss on my tear-wet cheek.

    The God Box Alex Sanchez 2007

  • But instead she planted a tiny kiss on my tear-wet cheek.

    The God Box Alex Sanchez 2007

  • I felt there was something when I saw his tear-wet eyes, his shaven head, his distracted look.

    Alcestis 2007

  • For one brief, never-ending second, an entirely different path expanded behind the lids of my tear-wet eyes.

    Eclipse Meyer, Stephenie 2007

  • When her mouth slid away from his, he kissed her cheek, her forehead, and the corner of her tear-wet eye, tasting salt.

    Hunter,Healer[SequeltoTheSociety] Saintcrow, Lilith 2005

  • She put her hands on his cheeks, add drawing his head down, pressed her tear-wet face against his.

    Flappers and Philosophers 2003

  • He was hauled into the Temperance Hotel and flung like a sack, breathless and helpless, into the tear-wet embrace of

    The History of Mr. Polly 2003

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