cried

past tense of cry
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as in sobbed
to shed tears often while making meaningless sounds as a sign of pain or distress some kids started to cry even before the doctor had given them their shot

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as in sang
to utter one's distinctive animal sound we knew that we were getting very close to the ocean when we could hear sea gulls crying

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“Cried.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cried. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

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