verb
definition
To issue forth, as water from the earth; to flow; to spring.
definition
To have something seep out of the surface.
example
Her eyes welled with tears.
Examples of welled in a Sentence
Tears welled up in her eyes.
Tears welled up in her eyes, blurring the shaking hands.
Rage welled up as he went to find her.
Tears welled up in her eyes and spilled down her cheeks as she prepared lunch.
Pain made her gasp as blood welled and spilled.
I steeled myself to hide the fear that welled up inside me like the worse cramps I could possibly endure.
Elisabeth started to weep softly, and tears welled in Jackson's eyes.
A feeling of helplessness and panic welled up in him as he strained his eyes against the darkness.
A feeling of disappointment welled up for a moment, but she pushed it away.
Tears welled, but he refused to cry, understanding he had one ally in the barbarians' lands.
The conquest of Jerusalem, and the erection of a Christian empire in Palestine, naturally welled the influx of pilgrims. And though in 1187 the Holy City again fell into the hands of the infidel, while in 12 9 1 the loss of Acre eliminated the last Christian possession in Palestine, the pilgrimages still proceeded.
Her eyes welled with tears, and she ducked her head, turning white, then red.
Tears welled up in her eyes and spilled down her cheeks.
Sobs welled up in her throat, forcing streams of tears from her eyes.
Heat and exhaustion might have explained the instant fury that welled up in her throat and filled her voice with rancor.
She began to cry and a still greater sense of pity, tenderness, and love welled up in Pierre.
This is what they have done with me! thought he, full of an irrepressible fury that welled up within him against the someone to whom what was happening might be attributed.