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Sentences starting with tears

Tears of vexation were in her eyes, and the light of her joy at this visit to the capital flickered, and she wished she were back in Coniston. [9]
Tears and prayers was had recourse to, but was of no manner of use. [5]
Tears came readily to his eyes, real tears--of excitement; but he could measure, too, the strength of his appeal. [11]
Tears forced themselves to his eyes as he held the watch, which he opened absently to read the simple inscription I had put there. [9]
Tears were in the widow's eyes when Stephen finished. [9]
Tears ran down the old lady's flabby cheeks at the story and, kissing the burgomaster's wife, she exclaimed: "Yes, Wilhelm, Wilhelm! [10]
Tears stand in the eyes of many a man as he eats the food his Yankee brothers have given him on the birthday of their country. [9]
Tears streamed down the bronzed cheeks of many a man who had grown grey in warfare, as he clasped his hand for the last time. [10]
Tears of emotion stood in Nefert's eyes, and when Uarda flung herself into her arms she said: "The forlorn swan has found its kindred, the floating leaf has reached the shore, and must be happy now! [10]
Tears of mortification sprang to his eyes, but he stood his ground and defied the mob right royally. [5]

Sentences ending with tears

She kissed the young man on his forehead, wetting him with her tears. [2]
And yet, and yet they had touched her heart, and moved her soul to rapture, and filled her eyes with tears. [10]
She came trembling, yet determined, and she left with her eyes full of joyful tears. [11]
Who bedews him with tears? [5]
Her eyes filled with tears. [11]
I handed the will to the earl; I could not read it for the blinding tears. [5]
Even Dada's eyes were full of tears. [10]
Barbara Golding's eyes were dim with tears. [11]
She had never wept so before; no anguish, no bitterness was infused into the sweet refreshing dew of those tears. [10]
That picture is washed with my own tears. [9]

Short sentences using tears

It brought tears to Virginia. [9]
For whom were these tears? [10]
He saw the tears. [11]
I felt the tears start. [11]
Whereupon Honora burst into tears. [9]
Tears actually moistened his cheeks. [2]
He kissed away her tears. [9]
Tears started in her eyes. [9]
Tears streamed from her eyes. [11]
Tears sprang to her eyes. [11]

Sentences containing tears two or more times

The old man wept too, but his tears were tears of joy and he repeatedly assured Cambyses that he would recover and have ample opportunity of making amends for the past. [10]
He felt her warm tears on his face, and as he looked up into her kind, faithful eyes, brimming over with tears of sympathy and regret, his heart melted to tenderness. [10]
Tears, genuine, honest, unaffected tears filled her eyes as she went on: "Here I he, a poor sickly woman, sensitive in body and in soul as if I were covered with wounds. [10]
Tears came--tears of shame, of joy, of sorrow, of rejoicing, of regret; tears that burned, and yet relieved her, tears that pained while they comforted. [9]
And when the sad pursuing constellations came to know and realize the bitter sorrow that was come upon them --note this idea--their hearts broke and their tears gushed forth, filling the vault of heaven with a fiery splendor, for those tears were falling stars. [5]
The walls and roof of this grotto still weep bitter tears in memory of the event that transpired on Calvary, and devout pilgrims groan and sob when these sad tears fall upon them from the dripping rock. [5]
As he swelled out past me he covertly pulled down the corner of his eye with his finger and muttered part of that defiled refrain, "Oh, tears, ah, tears, oh, sad sweet tears!--name in General Orders--personal mention to the King, you see! [5]
Her tears moved me--I never can look upon the tears of woman with indifference--and I said I would give her a hundred to jump off, too. [5]
What he now had to relate--both knew it--was well suited to transform the tears which Barbara was shedding in memory of the beloved dead to tears of joy. [10]
I know her, and the tears she shed when our father gave her the costly Milan suckenie, in which she went to the ball, were anything but tears of joy. [10]

More example sentences with the word tears in them

What may delight you will cost bitter tears to many others, and so let us both hope that this splendid spectacle may now have reached its climax, and soon may come to an end. [10]
Blame him not, you whose garden-patch is not watered with the tears of mourners. [6]
Obey me, or you shall rue it with tears of blood. [10]
Friend, I pray you repress those tears, Comfort from this derive: I am a score--and more-of years And Jean is only five. [11]
All the first years, their only question had been--asked with beseechings and tears that might have moved stones, in time, perhaps, but hearts are not stones: "Is he alive? [5]
An invisible web woven of wailing and tears seemed to envelope the assembly. [10]
But the second would weep bitter tears to think what a rayless and barren life that must be which could extract enjoyment from the miserable flimsy wand that has such magic attraction for sauntering youths and simpering maidens. [6]
Then her tears would burst out afresh, she would utter imploring supplications to the gods for mercy, and a few minutes later, begin conjuring her mother to take her to the hanging-gardens, that they might hear Nitetis' defence of her own conduct. [10]
In a few words she told him all, tears dropping from her eyes. [11]
Under her loving words of consolation he soon regained his composure, and, still struggling against the rising tears, he cried: "Thank Heaven, there can be no more foolish talk of flight! [10]
These were the words I was maundering with this noble voice of mine: "'The news I bring, fair Lady, Will make your tears run down Put off your rose-red dress so fine And doff your satin gown! [11]
And if his words brought tears to my eyes, my strength came with them. [9]
He urged her, with warm insistence, to tell him what it was that weighed on her, and at last, with eyes full of tears, she forced herself to say: "You yourself have seen what they take me for. [10]
Her eyes, wet with unheeded tears, had never left Mr. Bentley's face. [9]
He did this with the utmost consideration, fearing the effect of this agitating news upon his wife; but Barbara only turned pale, and then, with tears glittering in her eyes, said softly, "He, too, was only a mortal man. [10]
They turned away, with the tears running down their faces. [5]
Her eyes, red with tears, were fixed on the shells with which the path was strewn, and she was using her long ruler, at first to stir them about, and then to write the words: "Paula," and "Paula, Mary's darling," in large capital letters. [10]
His eyes filled with tears, and he bent as tenderly as a father might over the pale face, and pressed a gentle kiss on the bloodless lips of the senseless youth. [10]
His eye filled with tears when he spoke of her. [10]
His eyes, wet with tears of grateful joy, sought the young man's, and, though he had just warned him plainly enough against courting his daughter, his sparkling gaze now asked whether he had ever met an equally bewitching marvel. [10]
Her eyes swam with tears now, the lines of pain at her mouth relaxed, the dark look in her eyes stole away. [11]
Katharina watched her with tears in her eyes. [10]
Once, when Paulina, with tears in her eyes had spoken to her of her lost daughter, Arsinoe had been softened and following the impulse of her heart, had confided to her that she loved Pollux the sculptor and hoped to be his wife. [10]
My eyes filled with tears as I read upon the clasp, in sharp-cut Italic letters, E. Y. [6]
Her eyes filled with tears again, as she thought of her friend--her sister-sitting in that palace alone, forsaken, banished, and looking forward to an ignominious death. [10]
One heavenward draws, with rays so mild and clear, Eyes dim with tears, when the world darkness veils, Showing 'mid desert wastes the spring anear, If, spent with wandering, your courage fails. [10]
Those eyes, filled with happy tears, gazed at him timidly, compassionately, and with joyous love. [2]
The tears flowed with every rake, and so did the fervent execrations. [5]
And as he wiped away her tears with his handkerchief he could scarcely believe his senses that this was the woman whose resistance had demanded all his force to overcome. [9]
The wench to whom he plighted his love was the daughter of a common craftsman, Pernhart the coppersmith, and when this came to my ears it angered me greatly; nay, and cost me bitter tears, as I told it to Ann. [10]
There are those who say, however that tears fell down her cheeks as she laughed. [11]
Here the tears which so easily rose to his eyes began to flow, and, seeing that Melissa's tender heart was moved by his sorrow, he gained confidence, and reproached his daughter for having kindled Caracalla's love, by her radiant eyes--so like her mother's! [10]
Old Men's Tears, which furnished the mournful title to Joshua Scottow's Lamentations, do not suggest the deepest grief conceivable. [6]
It was this which filled her eyes with tears, and sincere sorrow trembled in her voice as she replied: "Thou hast required the better half of my life at my hand; but thou hast but to command, and I to obey. [10]
Were the tears which filled Eva's eyes caused by the smoke that poured from the fire more and more densely into the street, or to disappointment and bitter anguish? [10]
Now she knew where he was in hiding-and she tried to laugh, for the pain she felt seemed too acute and burning for tears to allay or cool it. [10]
He shed tears when they spoke of the grandfather, and appeared in deep affliction. [12]
I was by when they parted, and she shed such bitter tears it was pitiable to see. [10]
Cynthia promised, and when she went out at last through the little door her own tears were falling, for she loved Miss Lucretia. [9]
He gulped and wheezed some time before he could find an answer, and at last, after choking down the tears which had forced their way to his eyes, said, in a half-angry, half-whining tone: "Didn't I say so? [10]
I don't know what I expected of her--certainly not tears and tragedy. [9]
Do you know what brought tears to the eyes of the guards?--What made the captain and the sailors turn their heads away from us, lest we should see that their faces were wet? [11]
How many tears were shed over those coffins which contained the earthly remains of many a young life once rich in hopes and glowing with warm enthusiasm, many a quiet heart which had throbbed joyously for man's noblest possession! [10]
Two great tears were rolling down Maitresse Aimable's cheeks. [11]
But those tears were pleasant to them both. [2]
But no, there were no tears in this letter! [11]
Something like tears were in his eyes as he shouted: "I don't want your cent. [4]
His grave eyes were dim with tears as, when taking leave, he whispered to the Lady Euryale: "All is well. [10]
When Michael Ivanovich went in there were tears in the prince's eyes evoked by the memory of the time when the paper he was now reading had been written. [2]
I saw tears well from the king's eyes, and trickle down his face. [5]
Presently the Mukaukas wearily opened his eyes, turned uneasily from side to side, and recognizing his kneeling son and his wife, bathed in tears, he murmured, almost inarticulately, for his paralyzed tongue no longer did his will: "Two pillules, Philip! [10]
To-day its sacred waters are still sweet, but soon it will taste as salt as the north sea with all the tears that have been shed on its banks. [10]
Mrs. Hawkins and Washington were in tears, as were many of the spectators also. [5]
Accustomed as she was to give prompt utterance even to her displeasure, she exclaimed hotly, and with tears in her eyes: "It is shameful, it is base. [10]
Her pretty face was swollen with weeping, and it was in a voice choked with tears that she had told him that her husband, who was a centurion in Caesar's pretorian guard, would arrive to-morrow or next day at Alexandria, with his imperial master. [10]
Nay, her emotion was so vehement that the bright tears streamed down her fat cheeks. [10]
And Cynthia's pain was so far beyond tears. [9]
The tempting heap was fast rising in an elegant many-hued hemisphere; but her thoughts were not in her occupation, for tears were coursing each other down her cheeks. [10]
No pulpit eloquence was ever so moving and so beautiful as this outcast's picture of the first Mormon pilgrimage across the plains, struggling sorrowfully onward to the land of its banishment and marking its desolate way with graves and watering it with tears. [5]
Her snowy-white head was bent upon his, her tears running fast, and her lips moving in silent prayer to Him who giveth and taketh away. [9]
En when I wake up en fine you back agin, all safe en soun', de tears come, en I could a got down on my knees en kiss yo' foot, I's so thankful. [5]
After he had waited for some time, still with tears in his eyes, Mastor came into the passage with the remains of his master's breakfast. [10]
The faithful Banks vowed, with tears in his eyes, that he would never desert me. [9]
A soft, repentant voice, tremulous with tears, said: "Alonzo, dear, I have been wrong. [5]
Tortured by rage, vexation, and sincere distress, she said in a complaining voice, while the tears started to her eyes: "But what is the meaning of all this? [10]
His feelings were very quick, and before she had spoken fifty words the underglow of his eyes was flooded by something which might have been mistaken for tears. [11]
The parting was very painful to him, and when Hermas saw his eyes full of tears and felt his hands tremble, he said, "Do not be troubled about me, Paulus; we shall meet again, and I will never forget you and my father. [10]
The tears lay very near the surface. [5]
Majestic as all-conquering Venus she had resisted him for the second tune, and now how touching did she appear in her tears and weakness! [10]
He has held us spellbound upon the plain at the foot of the great Sphinx, and we have joined him in weeping bitter tears at the tomb of Adam. [5]
Her tears fell upon the stone hearth, and the fire dried them. [11]
There were tears upon her lashes. [9]
Natasha lifted her up, hugged her, and, smiling through her tears, began comforting her. [2]
Honora picked them up, and it was then she perceived that the tears were raining down the good lady's cheeks. [9]
He slowly went up to the chest in which his tools and instruments lay, and bitter tears ran down his cheeks, as he took his heaviest hammer in his hand. [10]
Presently she looked up timidly through her tears, and said: "My lord the king, I pray you pardon me, for I meant no wrong. [5]
Even Catherine dried up her tears and laughed when she thought of the English getting hold of the French Commander-in-Chief's reason for staying out of a battle. [5]
Mademoiselle Bourienne walked up and down the conservatory for a long time that evening, vainly expecting someone, now smiling at someone, now working herself up to tears with the imaginary words of her pauvre mere rebuking her for her fall. [2]
She laughed at Uncle Tom because she always had, but tears were shining in her eyes. [9]
But suddenly she turned towards him, and the tears sprang to her eyes, and the words rushed out fiercely, "I wish I had never left Cyrusville. [4]
Princess Mary had turned toward her brother, and through her tears the loving, warm, gentle look of her large luminous eyes, very beautiful at that moment, rested on Prince Andrew's face. [2]
Then suddenly she turned and threw herself upon the bed, bursting into a passion of tears. [11]
The old soldier turned and saw that there were tears in her eyes. [9]
She did not turn to the others, for her eyes were full of tears, and she did not dare to wipe them away, nor yet to let them be seen. [11]
Others were vainly trying to choke back their tears. [11]
Aleck saw how true they were, and their influence was electric; her tears ceased to flow, and her great spirit rose to its full stature again. [5]
And while she tried to wipe the tears away she felt Mrs. Merrill's arm about her, and heard that lady say:--"We'll try to make you very happy, my dear, and send you back safely in the spring. [9]
The young people tried to comfort him; and when at last he was more composed and had dried his tears, he said, in so melancholy and subdued a tone that the angry blusterer was scarcely recognizable: "There--leave me alone; it will soon be over. [10]
Large tears now trickled down from his eyes, which he slowly shut and opened, his colossal frame shivered convulsively, and falling on his side he expired. [5]
To pursue this train of thought was beyond the endurance of the faithful friend, and Dion turned in surprise as he heard him sob and saw the tears which bedewed his face. [10]
And when you told me that he was, I burst into tears, and I asked you many questions about him. [11]
After he had told her to go, she had had a bitter struggle: now tears, now anger, and a wish to hate. [11]
And you want to water it with your tears. [5]
Sellers was conducted to this cell by the matron and looked in, his emotions quite overcame him, the tears rolled down his cheeks and his voice trembled so that he could hardly speak. [5]
When Noel got to the second part, and that heart-breaking refrain began to melt and move all listeners, the Paladin began to wipe away tears with the back of first one hand and then the other. [5]
When they returned to the house, and she was thanking him with a glow of enthusiasm for such a lovely day, he lifted her up and kissed her, with an emotion of affection that brought tears to her eyes. [4]
I have listened to the guns of Five Forks, where Sheridan and Warren bore their own colors in the front of the charge, I was with Mr. Lincoln while the battle of Petersburg was raging, and there were tears in his eyes. [9]
It brought tears to the eyes of Narcisse Dauphin. [11]
He was moved to tears to see that I, a virtuous person only a year before, after immersion for one year--during one year in the New York morals--had no more conscience than a millionaire. [5]
What he meant to show her had pleased his mother, too, and dried the tears in her eyes. [10]

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