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I would say "well up."
Exactly.Welcome to the forums.
I would say "well up."
I would say "your eyes well with tears". Your eyes don't swell.Exactly.
On the other hand, if you turned the sentence around, you could write "your eyes swell with tears."
I'm sorry, but are joking?swell up, well up, it seems to me that the "up" doesn't do the job. What about I darn near cried
I happen to like it and I think it makes perfect sense; much more sense than to "well up".I am writing a short poem and I have a sentence that i am not sure if it reads correctly.
I am writing about being amazed or in awe at something and that :
.......tears of wonder swell up in your eyes.
Does this convey that message. Does this make sense?
I saw each of them swell up the misty line of the horizon, far, far away beyond the derelict brig, and the next moment, with a slight friendly toss of our boat, it had passed under us and was gone.
Eyes can actually swell - all membranes do.I would say "your eyes well with tears". Your eyes don't swell.![]()
I'm sorry, but "tears swell up" does not make a whole lot of sense to me.I happen to like it and I think it makes perfect sense; much more sense than to "well up".
I happen to like it and I think it makes perfect sense; much more sense than to "well up".
I looked it up because I'm sure I had seen it used before in a literary context and Joseph Conrad used it in The Mirror of the Sea.
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I saw each of them swell up the misty line of the horizon, far, far away beyond the derelict brig, and the next moment, with a slight friendly toss of our boat, it had passed under us and was gone.