unshed

Examples

• All

• She was not weeping, although her eyes felt afire with unshed tears.

  Fiction book (1990)

• Her mouth was set in a firm line, but her eyes were wet with unshed tears.

• "He didn't know how that was going to happen, but, as unshed tears burned his eyes, he knew he would make it happen.

  Fiction book (2001)

• She blinked away her unshed tears.

  Fiction book (2001)

• Her plain face turned splotchy red, and her eyes welled up with unshed tears.

  Fiction book (1990)

• " The dark hollows beneath Esther's eyes seemed to fill with unshed tears.

  Fiction book (1994)

• "Did I just hear you cough?" Ross shook his head, his eyes cloudy with unshed tears.

  Fiction book (1994)

• Her eyes blurred with unshed tears, but her hands were steady as she dialed the police station and asked for Officer Herrera.

  Fiction book (1997)

• Then suddenly he lifts his face and sees Anne standing there, tall, serene, graceful, her eyes shining with unshed tears.

  Downton Abbey: A New Era (2022)

• Eyes swimming with unshed tears, Liss turned away from the appalling sight.

Synonyms

U

uncried

vsunshed

9.4

Tears that someone feels but does not shed

refers more broadly to bodily matter not released yet not just emotional tears

U

unfallen

vsunshed

7.0

Something that has not fallen and stays in place

focuses on things not released or let go rather than position

How Shed

to shed

131 3.5

unshed

1 8.2

retained

3.8

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology