Example sentences of "through a [noun sg] of tears " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is a sort of looking-glass land where through a veil of tears we see profound beauty . |
| 2 | Through a swell of tears Ruth stared incredulously at the bundle and felt such despair that she feared she would drop the child . |
| 3 | Nothing Ruth had ever imagined prepared her for the magnificence of that day 's scene on the Mersey , though she saw most of it through a mist of tears . |
| 4 | Now he sat and stared out at the Brandenburg Gate , lit by the bloody glow of a German sunset and saw it through a mist of tears . |
| 5 | I did not think of following him , my feet seemed rooted to the sandy path and I saw him through a mist of tears as he appeared to melt through the door , which closed behind him . |
| 6 | As she heard her front door click , Rachel 's anger suddenly turned to dismay and as she turned to the window she found she could only see the outline of the cathedral through a mist of tears . |
| 7 | Reaching her car at last , she drove away into the silent night , gazing through a gauze of tears over the snow-covered mountains ahead . |
| 8 | Maggie stared at her mother through a haze of tears . |
| 9 | It would have done nothing for her already damaged ego if he had barged his way into her bedroom , only to find himself having to wade through a torrent of tears . |