Translations for „tearfully“ in the English » German Dictionary

tear·ful·ly [ˈtɪəfəli, Am ˈtɪr-] ADV

1. tearfully (crying):

to smile tearfully

unter Tränen lächeln

to tell sth tearfully

etw mit Tränen in den Augen erzählen

2. tearfully (sadly):

tearfully

den Tränen nah

tearfully

zu Tränen gerührt

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to tell sth tearfully

etw mit Tränen in den Augen erzählen

to smile tearfully

unter Tränen lächeln

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

She tearfully pulls out a picture of her son smiling from ear to ear running out of the freezing ocean in his boxer shorts.

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Tearfully, and still with great fondness for her husband, she left him to join the nephew.

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Under her direction, he knelt down and tearfully apologized.

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They bade each other farewell tearfully but gave into their feelings for each other and ended up sleeping together again.

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Tearfully at her bedside, he had a flashback to holding her as a baby.

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He snaps out of his brainwashing and was then tearfully regretful for what he has done.

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The warden is proud of the prisoners' act of non-violence and tearfully praises them.

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However, the wife tearfully says that Father Christmas did indeed come, and left presents for them.

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They find a grand celebration awaiting them, with old faces tearfully rejoicing in their arrival.

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