Sentence examples for idle tears from inspiring English sources

Tears, idle tears.

"Tears, idle tears, I know not what they mean," wrote Tennyson.

The ambling melody of "Tears, Idle Tears" has the lilt of an old parlor song but takes unexpected turns.

The soprano Emalie Savoy brought a lovely voice and affecting tenderness to the opening song, a setting of Tennyson's "Tears, Idle Tears," a melancholic rumination on life's passages.

The poem contains interludes of songs that are among the best of Tennyson's lyrics, including "Sweet and Low," "The Splendor Falls," "Tears, Idle Tears," and "Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal".

First, let me be clear in addressing my lack of bother for your grievance and resolve to not be coerced to remedial action by your idle threats or seemingly pervasive white tears.

A number of community and youth centers have been torn down and not yet rebuilt, he said, and idle young people have slipped into petty crimes and drugs.

Idle hands".

Idle chatter?

Some idle.

"Idle run".