Tears I Eyes Cry Face Rolled Left Room

• a tear rolled down his face.
• she left the room in tears (= crying).
• he suddenly burst into tears(= began to cry).
• as he listened to the music, his eyes filled with tears.

tear

1. a drop of liquid that comes out of your eye when you cry
• A tear rolled down his face.
• She left the room in tears (= crying).
• He suddenly burst into tears(= began to cry).
• As he listened to the music, his eyes filled with tears.
• Their story will move you to tears (= make you cry).
• They reduced her to tears (= made her cry, especially by being cruel or unkind).
• Ann wiped a tear from her eye.
• The memory brought a tear to her eye (= made her cry).
• Most of the audience was on the verge of tears.
• I was close to tears as I told them the news.
• Desperately she fought back the tears (= tried not to cry).
• to shed tears of happiness
• tears of pain, joy, etc.
• The tears welled up in his eyes.

Extra Examples

• He came to me in tears.
• He could never read the letter without tears coming to his eyes.
• He had to fight back tears of frustration.
• He shed no tears for his lost youth.
• He turned away to hide his tears.
• Her cheeks were wet with tears.
• Her eyes were blinded by scalding tears.
• Her tears brimmed over and fell on her cheek.
• Her tears spilled over her cheeks.
• His eyes filled with sudden tears.
• His eyes were bright with unshed tears.
• His father’s angry shouting reduced the little boy to tears.
• I couldn’t stop the tears.
• I picked the little girl up and helped dry her tears.
• I saw it all through a mist of tears.
• I wiped a stray tear from my eye.
• I won’t shed any tears when Frank retires.
• It brings tears to your eyes to see the children having such fun.
• It turned out to be a lot of tears over nothing.
• More than once I came near to tears.
• She broke down in tears in court.
• She felt tears pricking her eyelids.
• She ran out of the room, tears streaming from her eyes.
• She tried to smile through her tears.
• She wept silent tears when she heard his name.
• Tears blurred his vision.
• Tears stood in Oliver’s eyes.
• Tears streaked her face.
• There are times when suffering may be too deep for tears.
• There were angry tears in Lily’s eyes.
• They weep crocodile tears for the poor and disadvantaged but are basically happy with things as they are.
• They weep crocodile tears for the poor, but do nothing to help.
• We were in floods of tears at the end of the film.
• tears of happiness
• A tear rolled down his face.
• Desperately she fought back the tears.
• He suddenly burst into tears.
• I was close to tears as I told them the news.
• Most of the audience were on the verge of tears.
• She left the room in tears.
• The memory brought a tear to her eye.
• Their story will move you to tears
• They reduced her to tears.

Word Origin

• Old English tēar, of Germanic origin; related to German Zähre, from an Indo-European root shared by Old Latin dacruma (Latin lacrima) and Greek dakru.