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- adverb In a
teary manner.
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Examples
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"That day, Oct. 12, was the moment I lost my son," Dr. Purtz told me tearily, though Chris' dropping out of U.C., his deterioration and ultimate death in 2010 took four more years.
Phil Bronstein: Free Press and Compassion Clash Phil Bronstein 2011
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"That day, Oct. 12, was the moment I lost my son," Dr. Purtz told me tearily, though Chris' dropping out of U.C., his deterioration and ultimate death in 2010 took four more years.
Phil Bronstein: Free Press and Compassion Clash Phil Bronstein 2011
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"That day, Oct. 12, was the moment I lost my son," Dr. Purtz told me tearily, though Chris' dropping out of U.C., his deterioration and ultimate death in 2010 took four more years.
Phil Bronstein: Free Press and Compassion Clash Phil Bronstein 2011
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Imagine Would I Lie To You? by Charles and Eddie being mumbled tearily down the phone at 3am by a distraught teenage boy who heard you gave that Craig a shag-bite round the back of Aldi bottle banks last Friday, even though he totally shared his two litres of fortified Um Bongo with you that one time at the Youth Club Disco and everything!
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To hear Gov Sanford tearily talk about how he's been crying for 5 days about how to decide between his wife and his Argentinian mistress is absolutely nauseating.
Sanford e-mail: I've 'crossed lines I never would have imagined' 2009
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Will-he-or-won't-he-return host Steve Jones tries to get a word from the winner, but she can barely sing the first verse of her final performance for "Listen," before tearily telling America, "Thank you so much" and "I'm just so happy — I don't know what to say."
Top Moments: Homeland's Explosive Finale, Mindy Kaling and Bill Clinton... Reunited At Last 2011
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What follows is classic reality television — the executives discover hidden greatness on production lines or bad apples in customer service, the requisite emotions are provoked, workers rewarded or chastised, and the CEOs tearily declare the experience life changing.
Reality Stars Go On to Stock Success Donna Kardos Yesalavich 2010
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What follows is classic reality television — the executives discover hidden greatness on production lines or bad apples in customer service, the requisite emotions are provoked, workers rewarded or chastised, and the CEOs tearily declare the experience life changing.
Reality Stars Go On to Stock Success Donna Kardos Yesalavich 2010
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And do not forget that you are an exquisite writer with remarkable insight. ie Sensitive Artist. ie tearily-inclined.
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What follows is classic reality television — the executives discover hidden greatness on production lines or bad apples in customer service, the requisite emotions are provoked, workers rewarded or chastised, and the CEOs tearily declare the experience life changing.
Reality Stars Go On to Stock Success Donna Kardos Yesalavich 2010
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