in tears

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in tears

crying. Some employees were in tears as they said they were resigning.

Usage notes: often used in the form break down in tears to begin crying: He broke down in tears when he learned that his father had died.

See also: tear

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Sister Pullet was in tears when the one-horse chaise stopped before Mrs. The Mill on the Floss by Eliot, George View in context This done, she begged them in a kind of deep despair to drink; then laughed, then cried, then took a little sip herself, then laughed and cried again, and took a little more; and so, by degrees, the worthy lady went on, increasing in smiles and decreasing in tears, until at last she could not laugh enough at Miss Monflathers, who, from being an object of dire vexation, became one of sheer ridicule and absurdity. The Old Curiosity Shop by Dickens, Charles View in context Penelope was moved still more deeply as she heard the indisputable proofs that Ulysses laid before her; and when she had again found relief in tears she said to him, "Stranger, I was already disposed to pity you, but henceforth you shall be honoured and made welcome in my house. The Odyssey by Homer View in context More results

References in classic literature

Sister Pullet was in tears when the one-horse chaise stopped before Mrs.

The Mill on the Floss by Eliot, George View in context

This done, she begged them in a kind of deep despair to drink; then laughed, then cried, then took a little sip herself, then laughed and cried again, and took a little more; and so, by degrees, the worthy lady went on, increasing in smiles and decreasing in tears, until at last she could not laugh enough at Miss Monflathers, who, from being an object of dire vexation, became one of sheer ridicule and absurdity.

The Old Curiosity Shop by Dickens, Charles View in context

Penelope was moved still more deeply as she heard the indisputable proofs that Ulysses laid before her; and when she had again found relief in tears she said to him, "Stranger, I was already disposed to pity you, but henceforth you shall be honoured and made welcome in my house.

The Odyssey by Homer View in context

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