1755 J. Shebbeare (1769) II. 431 The tear-washed eye surveyed the severe trials.
1916 H. G. Wells iii. i. 389 Her tear-washed mind became vaguely friendly.
1922 J. Joyce ii. viii. [Lestrygonians] 169 Davy Byrne, sated after his yawn, said with tearwashed eyes:—And is that a fact?