How to Use cry in a Sentence

cry

1 of 2 verb

• They cried tears of joy.
• She cried all the way home from school that day.
• He cried silently while the song played.
• She'd never heard the sound of sea gulls crying by the shore.
• She couldn't imagine why anyone would cry over a stupid movie.
• She was crying with relief.
• The baby is crying. Is she okay?
• I heard someone cry “Wait!” but the train pulled away anyway.
• Some people cry more easily than others.
• Bowie places her hand on her chest and tries not to cry.
  — Tyrone Beason, Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2023
• As the daughter cried, the boy helped his father get past the wire.
  — Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 24 Dec. 2023
• On his knees, crying, DJ couldn’t think of what to do next.
  — The Enquirer, 30 Aug. 2023
• In the background of one of the recordings, a young girl cries and calls for her mother.
  — Compiled Bydemocrat-Gazette Stafffrom Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 13 Feb. 2024
• As the child cried, someone stuffed a rag in her mouth; Elena was stabbed in the thigh and raped.
  — Leila Miller, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2023
• By the end of the song, two players are crying on camera.
  — Molly Hensley-Clancy, Anchorage Daily News, 28 July 2023
• Quinn walked right up to the bell and rang it as hospital staff cheered and cried.
  — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 12 Dec. 2023
• New research shows that Vlad the Impaler may have cried tears of blood.
  — Jackie Appel, Popular Mechanics, 18 Aug. 2023
• Arthur, who was shot in the neck and chest, began to cry in the hall and started bleeding, Allen said.
  — Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 28 July 2023
• Don't cry fowl if you get burned by Dave's Hot Chicken.
  — Kara Baskin, BostonGlobe.com, 13 July 2023
• The three of us unpacked and cried and snuggled in the bed together again.
  — Various Staff Writers, Special Correspondents, and Special Contributors, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Dec. 2023
• This was a loss that O’Connor cried no tears for, however.
  — Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 27 July 2023
• If crying and yelling were Olympian events, much gold would be won here.
  — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 2 Dec. 2023
• Sometimes there’s people crying at the end of the play in the audience.
  — Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2024
• The child, whose clothing and face were gray with ash, cried as a man wiped the blood from their face, according to the video.
  — Hala Gorani, NBC News, 15 Dec. 2023
• Lena, who gave only her first name for fear of reprisal, started to cry.
  — Valerie Hopkins, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2024
• Once, that meant sitting for hours on a floor in the lobby of the clinic as a patient cried and talked.
  — Katheryn Houghton, Anchorage Daily News, 14 May 2023
• For all her work on stage and screen, Kristen Bell might best be known as the woman who cried over a sloth.
  — Jenelle Riley, Variety, 29 Sep. 2023
• Upon taking a bite of the chicken wing, a giddy Jeong starts to cry tears of joy.
  — Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 6 Feb. 2024
• The stress wasn’t over. Cold and blue, the baby didn’t immediately cry.
  — Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 5 Apr. 2024
• Employees crowded the main entrance, cheering and crying, while tourists and locals watched the historic moment from behind a yellow gate.
  — Rio Yamat, Quartz, 2 Apr. 2024

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cry

2 of 2 noun

• The baby's cry woke me out of a deep sleep.
• The children were playing a game and their happy cries echoed through the house.
• There was a cry of “Fire” and we all rushed for the exits.
• The place buzzed with chirps and cries and calls and howls.
  — Paul Brady, Travel + Leisure, 23 Mar. 2024
• Laugh, dance, cry, make love, eat, chill and do it all over again.
  — Jonathan Landrum Jr., Fortune, 15 Sep. 2023
• Someone in a house gave a stifled cry as the girls went past.
  — Mariana Enriquez, The New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2023
• There won’t be a cry that the Hall of Fame election is broken.
  — Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2023
• After hearing the cries, the girl was found lying in a thick brush on the ground.
  — Brian Brant, Peoplemag, 30 Nov. 2023
• The gamma-ray burst — witnessed as a long, bright pulse of light — was the birth cry of a black hole.
  — Katie Hunt, CNN, 22 Oct. 2022
• This wasn’t the first time a singer has made a judge cry on the reality show.
  — Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 7 Mar. 2024
• This 2005 drama is perfect for those in need of a good cry.
  — Eric Todisco, Peoplemag, 10 Feb. 2023
• Cohen heard the cries of those two children, and is haunted by them.
  — Ruth Margalit, The New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2023
• The cry came from Quavo, Takeoff’s group mate and uncle.
  — Danyel Smith, New York Times, 8 Aug. 2023
• Jung let out an anguished cry, and the officer led her away.
  — Greg Jaffe, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Jan. 2023
• Scroll through these Twitter reactions for a laugh and a cry.
  — Dallas News, 9 Dec. 2022
• Musk replied with two emojis: a 100 percent sign and a cry-laughing face.
  — Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 21 Oct. 2022
• Some described asking a friend for a hug or letting it all out with a good cry.
  — Time, 5 Jan. 2023
• When things turn sour, the cry is heard for government to step in with bailouts and subsidies.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2023
• But, given their predicament — they are lashed to a wall by their wrists and ankles — the song comes out as more of a cry than a croon.
  — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 1 Aug. 2023
• The cry of the fishing cat sounds like the quack of a duck, and the rest of this midsize feline also seems tailor-made for the life aquatic.
  — Abigail Tucker, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Dec. 2022
• The destruction of the statue led to a rallying cry that was united and loud.
  — Jackie Robinson, USA TODAY, 3 Feb. 2024
• Over her cries and pleas, assailants could be heard yelling demands.
  — Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun, 17 Apr. 2023
• If two is a coincidence, and three’s a pattern, then four is a cry for help.
  — Vulture, 27 Jan. 2023
• Yet a whiff of pretext surrounds more than a few of the cries of obscenity.
  — Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2023
• The event commemorated the cry of the Mexican people to rise against the Spaniards.
  — Laura Rodríguez Presa, Chicago Tribune, 16 Sep. 2023
• So grab some snacks (and a few tissues, in case there's a good cry in store) and start movie night strong with this list of the best rom-coms to stream on Netflix.
  — Carlie Cooper, ELLE, 4 Jan. 2023
• Three explosions rang out, followed by screams and cries of the wounded.
  — Brady Knox, Washington Examiner, 15 Dec. 2023
• Upon landing, the deafening cries of the birds weren’t even the strongest offense to the senses; the rancid smell of guano hung thick in the air.
  — Smithsonian Magazine, 10 July 2023
• This new freedom is a long cry from where Vanilla started.
  — Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 28 June 2023
• After two years of hours-long phone conversations filled with many laughs and cries, the pair started a podcast called MeSsy that premiered March 19.
  — Katie Camero, USA TODAY, 27 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024