as in urgent
needing immediate attention
a crying need for more activities for young people in this town
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as in sobbing
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 shouting
to speak so as to be heard at a distance
a mother crying for help
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Recent Examples of crying
Michael Granberry, Dallas News, 17 Jan. 2020
Gabriele Regalbuto, FOXNews.com, 6 Nov. 2025
Her dad, Mark, 54, commented with praying, broken heart and crying emojis.
—Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2025
Many of us thought that the image of crying, blood-spattered 6 and 7 year olds, marching-in-train across a school parking lot would finally convince America’s gun owners to concede to meaningful gun reform.
—K. Ward Cummings, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
While there’s still no crying in baseball, no one said anything about no costumes.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Oct. 2025
That revelation—learning that uncontrollable crying wasn’t her personality but neurological damage—became another layer of self-compassion.
—Emily Cegielski, Flow Space, 10 Oct. 2025
Beyond the firing of weapons, beyond the screaming and crying that comes with injuries and loss.
—Literary Hub, 9 Oct. 2025
The Life of a Showgirl needed a crying song, and this was it.
—Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 4 Oct. 2025
The album is a hot mess of conflicted emotions, empty braggadocio, poor technique, and heartbreaking yet tiresome crying jags.
—Mosi Reeves, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2025
Rebecca Schneid, Time, 9 Nov. 2025
At one point during the hearing, Richards pleaded for a tissue and began crying while recalling a particularly abusive event in May.
—Tracy Wright , Christina Dugan Ramirez , Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 7 Nov. 2025
But where words fail, crying speaks.
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Nov. 2025
The teenager was crying, hugging his sweatshirt to his face.
—Jamie Thompson, The Atlantic, 6 Nov. 2025
One clip showed a Black woman alone in front of an establishment, crying about the perilous consequences of the benefits pause.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 6 Nov. 2025
Ultimately, Lisa ends up alone, crying and sitting out by the water, nearly perfectly re-creating that famous photo of Princess Diana on the diving board.
—Tom Smyth, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2025
But just as Russell finished speaking with his mom, Katie walked through the door crying.
—Addie Costello, jsonline.com, 5 Nov. 2025
One mom shared that her son had taught her new signs such as 'bath', 'music' and 'crying'.
—Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
Adjective
But his crying scene in Ford v Ferrari is one for the ages.
—Michael Granberry, Dallas News, 17 Jan. 2020
Noun
The artwork depicted a crying boy, emotional over a lack of social media attention.
—Gabriele Regalbuto, FOXNews.com, 6 Nov. 2025
Her dad, Mark, 54, commented with praying, broken heart and crying emojis.
—Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2025
Many of us thought that the image of crying, blood-spattered 6 and 7 year olds, marching-in-train across a school parking lot would finally convince America’s gun owners to concede to meaningful gun reform.
—K. Ward Cummings, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
While there’s still no crying in baseball, no one said anything about no costumes.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Oct. 2025
That revelation—learning that uncontrollable crying wasn’t her personality but neurological damage—became another layer of self-compassion.
—Emily Cegielski, Flow Space, 10 Oct. 2025
Beyond the firing of weapons, beyond the screaming and crying that comes with injuries and loss.
—Literary Hub, 9 Oct. 2025
The Life of a Showgirl needed a crying song, and this was it.
—Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 4 Oct. 2025
The album is a hot mess of conflicted emotions, empty braggadocio, poor technique, and heartbreaking yet tiresome crying jags.
—Mosi Reeves, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
The man sat in the driver's seat, while the woman sat in the passenger seat, their crying child in the man’s arms.
—Rebecca Schneid, Time, 9 Nov. 2025
At one point during the hearing, Richards pleaded for a tissue and began crying while recalling a particularly abusive event in May.
—Tracy Wright , Christina Dugan Ramirez , Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 7 Nov. 2025
But where words fail, crying speaks.
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Nov. 2025
The teenager was crying, hugging his sweatshirt to his face.
—Jamie Thompson, The Atlantic, 6 Nov. 2025
One clip showed a Black woman alone in front of an establishment, crying about the perilous consequences of the benefits pause.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 6 Nov. 2025
Ultimately, Lisa ends up alone, crying and sitting out by the water, nearly perfectly re-creating that famous photo of Princess Diana on the diving board.
—Tom Smyth, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2025
But just as Russell finished speaking with his mom, Katie walked through the door crying.
—Addie Costello, jsonline.com, 5 Nov. 2025
One mom shared that her son had taught her new signs such as 'bath', 'music' and 'crying'.
—Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crying
Adjective
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Singing this material with players who improvise — solos changing, every version being a little different — taught me about that urgent live-ensemble space where everyone’s living and dying by the next player onstage.—
Shirley Halperin,
Rolling Stone,
5 Nov. 2025
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This urgent political thriller about Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Seymour Hersh opened the 2025 Venice International Film Festival before moving on to Telluride, Toronto, New York and London.—
Addie Morfoot,
Variety,
5 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The actor even recalled weeping backstage at the BRIT Awards before presenting Sabrina Carpenter with an award.—
Zack Sharf,
Variety,
5 Nov. 2025
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Budj Bim assigned the weeping she-oak (Casuarina) trees, whose whispering voices can be heard in the wind, to be the guardian spirits of the landscape.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Oct. 2025
Verb
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However, the Hunger Games alum began sobbing once again after sharing a story about a comment that got lost in translation on the film's Canadian set.—
Emlyn Travis,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Nov. 2025
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Sigg fell to the floor, sobbing.—
Dakin Andone,
CNN Money,
26 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The move seemed to surprise Fallon, who naturally tried to quell her tears by shouting at her.—
Emlyn Travis,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Nov. 2025
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As the speeches began, chaos consumed the day as air horns were blasted, pages from pornographic magazines thrown down from the balconies and white mice released on to the floor, before the ‘nun’ started dancing up and down the aisles shouting comic profanity.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
6 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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The more jihadist terrorists attack and displace civilian populations — who become refugees in their own country — the more poverty, already acute at 60%, rises and religious freedoms are suppressed.—
Kingsley Moghalu,
semafor.com,
10 Nov. 2025
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But Michael has also hit several roadblocks, with the King of Pop's past legal troubles haunting the production and Jackson's daughter, Paris, decrying its depiction of her late father, who died in 2009 from acute propofol intoxication.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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And since then, his crying and whining have increased.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Aug. 2025
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As seen and heard this week at the SEC spring meetings, the whining over that has not ceased.—
Joe Rexrode,
New York Times,
30 May 2025
Verb
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The team claims Oakley was yelling continuously at Dolan, but Oakley has denied that and said he was asked to leave the arena shortly after taking his seat at the game for no reason.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
5 Nov. 2025
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His tone was sharp, almost yelling.—
Heather Hunter,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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For the vast majority of learners, the most pressing questions are whether tuition is affordable, childcare is available, credits transfer without friction, and programs lead to real employment opportunities.—
Yolanda Watson Spiva,
Fortune,
8 Nov. 2025
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But like de Blasio did 12 years earlier, Mamdani identified the growing crisis of unaffordability as the city's most pressing problem and grabbed attention − especially from the young and online − by promising to address it.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Crying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crying. Accessed 20 Nov. 2025.
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