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- some kids started to cry even before the doctor had given them their shot
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- a mother crying for help
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cry
nounSynonyms & Antonyms of cry (Entry 2 of 2)
- a cry of despair arose when the smoke of the bomb blast cleared
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- the lonesome cry of a coyote
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- bark,
- bay,
- bellow,
- blat,
- bleat,
- bray,
- cackle,
- calling,
- caterwaul,
- caw,
- cheep,
- chirp,
- cluck,
- coo,
- crake,
- croak,
- crow,
- grunt,
- honk,
- hoot,
- howl,
- low,
- meow
- (also miaow),
- mew,
- moo,
- neigh,
- oink,
- peep,
- quack,
- roar,
- screech,
- squall,
- squawk,
- squeak,
- squeal,
- trumpet,
- tu-whit tu-whoo,
- twitter,
- whinny,
- yap,
- yelp,
- yip,
- yowl
- "A chance to change America" was the cry on which the candidate was hoping to win the White House
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- the king was deaf to their cries
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- cries of disbelief greeted the announcement of the surprise winner for best picture
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“Cry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cry. Accessed 17 May. 2022.
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