Word Finder - cry

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A shedding of tears; the act of crying.

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After we broke up, I retreated to my room for a good cry.

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A shout or scream.

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I heard a cry from afar.

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Words shouted or screamed.

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a battle cry

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A clamour or outcry.

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A group of hounds.

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(by extension) A pack or company of people.

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(of an animal) A typical sound made by the species in question.

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"Woof" is the cry of a dog, while "neigh" is the cry of a horse.

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A desperate or urgent request.

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Common report; gossip.

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To shed tears; to weep.

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That sad movie always makes me cry.

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To utter loudly; to call out; to declare publicly.

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To shout, scream, yell.

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To utter inarticulate sounds, as animals do.

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To cause to do something, or bring to some state, by crying or weeping.

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Tonight I'll cry myself to sleep.

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To make oral and public proclamation of; to notify or advertise by outcry, especially things lost or found, goods to be sold, etc.

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to cry goods

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Hence, to publish the banns of, as for marriage.

There she collapsed on the bed and started to cry – quietly this time.

I don't cry that much.

Why did she want to cry again?

Kiri began to cry again.

She started to cry again.

No need to cry on such a pretty day, little one.

She put the offending foot on the ground, tentatively applying a little weight, clamping a hand over her mouth to stop the cry of pain.

She'd never seen anyone cry as hard as he did.

She wanted to cry again.

She cried until she was too tired to cry more and drifted into a vision, reliving the few moments she spent with Jilian.

She did cry loud.

Then he laughed at her cry and flicked it back on.

It still makes me cry when I think of Annie, even after fifteen years.

I will not cry out.

He signed a quest of what was making her cry and she stared mutely at him, frantically trying to think of something.

She wanted to scream, cry, or flee.

My wife began to cry and snuggled close to me.

She is very good and sweet when she does not cry loud.

A couple of blocks away, I crawled into a horrible alley and began to cry out.

She'd promised herself she wasn't going to cry today.

Cynthia looked about to cry.

So he'd have to stuff something in the poor woman's mouth for fear she'd scream or cry out before she died.

And the little princess began to cry capriciously like a suffering child and to wring her little hands even with some affectation.

She began to cry, her sobs muffled as she leaned forward against her arms.

She started to say something but just bit her lip and began to cry.

She couldn't let him see her cry.

Jackson glanced at the sheet music then at her through dark lashes "This is a far cry from 'Happy Birthday'."

Every family has a baby who will cry unless a high chair is brought to the table.

And the screenshots themselves are enough to make you cry.

There's water now, A'Ran, she managed, struggling not to cry.

Edith began to cry, but once again wouldn't answer.

When the stream became visible, the flow was light, a far cry from the raging torrent Dean remembered from late spring when the melting snow increased the flow of the Uncompahgre a hundred fold.

Cynthia began to quietly cry out of sheer frustration while Gladys Turnbull snored loudly.

Janet met him at the door, looking ready to cry.

Sarah had only seen him cry twice through all the years.

Not now, she couldn't let him see her cry - couldn't let him feel pity for her.

Heracles sought him in vain, and the answer of Hylas to his thrice-repeated cry was lost in the depths of the water.

Mississippi River cruises are a far cry from standard cruises, which typically take place onboard massive luxury liners.

He shouldn't cry when you touch them and he shouldn't pull away from you.

Additionally, he often uses both a Dunlop Cry Baby wah-wah pedal and the BOSS CE-1 stereo chorus pedal during concerts to replicate his studio sound in a live format.

This situation could result in painful cramping that makes babies cry.

Children who have a warm, loving, and supportive childhood are far less likely to act out as a cry for help or to act out in a violent manner.

She began to cry; something my wife almost never does.

As he was finishing his conversation, a loud sound came from the kitchen, followed by a sharp cry in a man's voice, and then laughter.

I suppose she thought I'd roll over and cry in my pillow.

But his cry came an instant too late as Shipton plummeted past him, his ice ax swinging in a rip across Dean's calf as he plummeted backward into space, and down to the rocks and churning river below.

For a moment, he thought she might cry, so he led her back into the hallway.

Jackson shook violently, desperate to summon self-control, while every part of him yearned to cry out with the utter horror coursing through his mind.

Three pair of blue eyes stared back at her from the first stall, and tiny pink cleft muzzles lifted in a cute imitation of their mother's broken cry of joy.

But that name properly belongs to the Redshank, from the cry of warning to other animals that it utters on the approach of danger.