Sentences with phrase «while holding back tears»

I was born and raised in Oswego and have chosen to raise my family here,» Birch said while holding back tears.

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So they know what it is like to stand in the grocery store, holding back tears while mentally counting out the coins in your hand... your heart beating to the antcipation of what precious item you might need to put back on the shelf.

While it remains to be seen whether or not this new role is something that the veteran defender is interested in, he cut an emotional figure on Friday as he couldn't hold back the tears as those in attendance at the awards ceremony gave him a long - lasting round of applause as part of a prolonged tribute to his time at the club.

«Just as Lady Liberty holds her torch high in our harbor, New York will always stand for freedom and tolerance, and while the federal government tries to tear families apart and betray our core values, we will never back down from fighting for the most vulnerable among us.»

While Arquette held back tears, they named some of the «silence breakers» in the movement including Asia Argento, Annabella Sciorra, Ashley Judd, Daryl Hannah, Mira Sorvino, Anthony Rapp and Olivia Munn.

In one key scene between the two, Milo talks about how their father (who not - coincidentally ended his own life by jumping off a bridge many years ago) once told him when he was a boy that the kids who were popular in high school were only going to see their lives go downhill from there while Milo would flourish once he was able to step out into the real world — the heartbreak comes when Milo, holding back tears, states that he was the one it never got better for.

But when I did get back, muddy from sliding down the hillside, bruised from fighting, once bleeding great spouts of blood from a stone wound to the head (I still have the scar, like a silvered thumbnail), there would be the fire, and the smell of soup, and my mother's arms not tearing me apart but trying to hold me, clean my face, or straighten my hair, while I twisted like a lizard to get away from her.