Emotions & feelings
smile through tears
smile while emotional
If you smile through tears, you look happy even though you are feeling very emotional and may be crying.
Hear it in real life
Was your sister sad when you left?
Yes, but she smiled through tears and told me to enjoy the trip.
He smiled through tears when his daughter received her degree.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: She smiled despite of tears.
Say: She smiled through tears.
Use "through tears" to show that tears are happening while the person smiles.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
smile through tears; smiled through tears; be smiling through tears
Your turn: say it out loud
He smiled through tears when his daughter received her degree.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
smile through tears
smile while emotional
“He smiled through tears when his daughter received her degree.”
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