Preposition: at

• point: I got a bit tearful at one point, but at least that Mrs Dubber knew how upset I was.

Adjective complement with noun phrase

• get: I got a bit tearful at one point, but at least that Mrs Dubber knew how upset I was.

Modifies a noun

• farewell: I remember waving a tearful farewell on the station - a real wartime scene.

• goodbye: This is the location of the farewell party where the city said its tearful goodbyes to Take That.

• reunion: My wife had been contacted, we had a tearful reunion.

• eye: With tearful eyes I said, ' My son, I am a poor, helpless widow.

• moment: We ve had some tearful moments, but this time it has been for all the right reasons.

• scene: Expect complete strangers to hug each other amid tearful scenes.

Modifying Another Word

• quite: Suddenly, to my surprise, I realized I felt quite tearful.

• very: She is not eating or sleeping and is very tearful.

• really: Felt knackered all day today and tonight I feel really tearful.

• almost: There, over an almost tearful glass, they debated their position.

• even: It is not unusual for couples to feel tense, nervous, excited or even tearful during the planning of their wedding.

• often: On coming around, the child is confused, drowsy and often tearful, but does not remember what happened.

Used with adjective complement

• feel: I went over to her for a hug, feeling tearful.

• become: She was more affected than I'd thought and became quite tearful.

• get: Get tearful about your groove on we might easily the garlic capital.

• appear: The 31-year-old appeared tearful as he delivered a statement he wrote last night following the defeat to Portugal in the World Cup quarter-final.

• look: Jasmine spots Daz hovering close by, and she goes to check he's okay after noting that he looks tearful.

Preposition: for

• reason: Feeling ' low ' , ' miserable ' and tearful for no apparent reason.