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tear-stained

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tear·stain  (tîrstn)
n.
A track or mark left by tears.

tear-stained adj.
Translations
tear-stained [ˈtɪəsteɪnd] ADJmanchado de lágrimas
tear-stained
adj face, personverweint, verheult (pej inf), → tränenverschmiert; pillow, handkerchiefnass geweint
tear-stained [ˈtɪəˌsteɪnd] adjrigato/a di lacrime
tear-stained [ˈtɪəˌsteɪnd] adjrigato/a di lacrime


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It was only when the same evening he came to their house before the theater, went into her room and saw her tear-stained, pitiful, sweet face, miserable with suffering he had caused and nothing could undo, he felt the abyss that separated his shameful past from her dovelike purity, and was appalled at what he had done.
He had only an imperfect recollection of an ill-clad, untidy-looking child, with pale tear-stained cheeks, and dark unhappy eyes.
Uncle Jerry had never before said so many words at a time, but he had caught sight of the child's red eyes and tear-stained cheeks, and his big heart went out to her in her trouble, quite regardless of any circumstances that might have caused it.
 
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