How to Use shed a tear in a Sentence

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  • Dare her to unpackage this one in the mail and not shed a tear. 39.
    — Jasmine Gomez, Women's Health, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Lowe-Stern didn’t shed a tear in nearly 10 minutes on the phone.
    — Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 2 Oct. 2021
  • Plus, hopefully, viewers will have a lot of fun along the way, and maybe shed a tear or two.
    — Annika Pham, Variety, 26 Jan. 2024
  • Nguyen was just about the only actor on stage to not shed a tear in talking about the work and the importance of the movie.
    — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Jan. 2023
  • So don’t shed a tear if your favorite bubble guy bursts.
    — Mary Kay Cabot, cleveland, 4 Sep. 2020
  • No one’s going to shed a tear for the venture capital firms–and no one should.
    — Nihal Mehta, Fortune, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Oftentimes my wife and I just play her music and just smile and shed a tear and keep going.
    — Vulture, 11 June 2023
  • Schadenfreude is a part of the appeal of this book, but don’t shed a tear for Neumann, who walked away a billionaire.
    — Simon Hill, Wired, 11 Dec. 2021
  • Quarterback Robby Ashford shed a tear of joy and then embraced Harsin on the field.
    — Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al, 24 Sep. 2022
  • Who among us does not shed a tear when the town rallies to come up with George and Uncle Billy’s missing money?
    — Emma Specter, Vogue, 25 Dec. 2022
  • But Wanda probably won’t shed a tear for the end of the nine-year relationship.
    — Jacky Wong, WSJ, 24 May 2021
  • Just don’t shed a tear for Ike Perlmutter, dumped from his Marvel role during the first round of Disney cuts.
    — Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2023
  • Just don’t shed a tear for Ike Perlmutter, dumped from his Marvel role during the first round of Disney cuts.
    — Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2023
  • The Movie definitely shed a tear when Miley and Billy Ray sang this song.
    — Natalie Maher, Harper's BAZAAR, 27 Sep. 2022
  • People are going to reach out, people are going to stop me in the grocery store and hold my hand and shed a tear, or stop me on the street to say that was impactful.
    — Carolyn L. Todd, SELF, 19 Apr. 2021
  • Purple smoke billowed into the rainy skies above the field, creating a visual effect that would have made Prince shed a tear.
    — oregonlive, 12 Mar. 2022
  • Listen intently, look at the giver, and laugh or shed a tear if appropriate.
    — Jennifer Prince, Southern Living, 11 June 2021
  • Warren Whitaker, Hill’s offensive line coach at Highland, shed a tear.
    — Luke Johnson, NOLA.com, 28 Nov. 2020
  • Notably, no one at the mammoth service in the National Presbyterian Church in May 1972 shed a tear.
    — Paul Letersky, Time, 22 July 2021
  • Might Cubs fans shed a tear alongside owner Tom Ricketts, whose family is worth more than $5 billion and claims more than 60% of team revenue is tied up in attendance?
    — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 15 June 2020
  • And further, who doesn’t already think of themselves as emotionally complicated enough to shed a tear on a day that is supposed to be happy?
    — Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 19 Oct. 2022
  • On Thursday, local news media reported that Ms. Leifer, who watched the sentencing virtually from a Melbourne women’s prison, shed a tear as the sentence was read out.
    — Yan Zhuang, New York Times, 24 Aug. 2023
  • There is precedent, and perhaps some luck, for popular players who demonstrate their vulnerability and shed a tear after a gutting loss.
    — David Waldstein, New York Times, 15 July 2023
  • Her operatically devastating failing is not being able to shed a tear on cue.
    — Peter Marks, Washington Post, 9 Jan. 2023
  • While susceptible viewers may shed a tear, others will find the sentimental aspects of the story uninvolving.
    — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 26 Sep. 2023
  • Qualifying into the Daytona 500 made Anthony Alfredo shed a tear.
    — Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 15 Feb. 2024
  • The aforementioned audition scene is particularly funny, as Ms. Berlant desperately attempts to shed a tear on cue, her nagging inability to do so being a running gag with a moist payoff.
    — Charles Isherwood, WSJ, 8 Sep. 2022

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