But the fact that we use "emotional" to describe tears -- but not screaming -- alludes to the problem, considering that they're both effects of an emotion.

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And so, not being able to go just tears at my heart.

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Yet Wenders does not want his homage to end in tears.

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For instance, if you studied law and you discover that it bores you to tears, you do not simply turn your back on the skills you have developed.

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He had surgery on Sept. 14, 2010, to repair tears in the front and bottom of the shoulder's anterior capsule and did not make it back to the major leagues until last April 5.

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She abandoned the idea in tears, saying she could not figure out how to break through, especially the money barrier.

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Or the outbursts take the form of tears. (And no, not just from women.) People sometimes cry in response to negative feedback or out of sheer aggravation.

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