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
Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 26 Dec. 2025
Navarro scoffed that her crying was rehearsed.
—Ian Parker, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
Chirino’s supporters filed out of the courtroom quickly, with some crying and embracing each other.
—Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 15 Dec. 2025
A lot of the crying in the show was not written.
—Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2025
Parents have been taking and sharing photos of a crying, screaming kids sitting on Santa's lap for ages now—but is this tradition more mean or funny?
—Sara Rowe Mount, Parents, 28 Nov. 2025
Mark commented with praying, broken heart and crying emojis.
—Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 14 Nov. 2025
Viviana Gonzalez, a Jerome native and Utah-based immigration attorney, was a state away when her mother video-called her crying.
—Idaho Statesman, 14 Nov. 2025
This might have the Whitesnake faithful crying in the rain.
—Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 13 Nov. 2025
Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Jan. 2026
In a series of frantic 911 calls, one individual reported hearing the couple's children crying inside and upon investigating, discovered Spencer lying dead in his bedroom.
—Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 12 Jan. 2026
Several people broke down in school, crying.
—CBS News, 12 Jan. 2026
Most were of someone crying or destroying something, and there was also Charlie Brown falling on his head after Lucy pulls away the football.
—Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 11 Jan. 2026
Sharif stays behind, his boy Salim crying as the car drives away, separating father and son.
—Tim Grierson, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2026
One of the things that Patrick did to hint at the ending was creating this beautiful piece of music, while the girl is crying pearls, which was designed to be synthetic keyboard music.
—Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 9 Jan. 2026
Tom Cochrun, the news director at the local TV news station WISH, recalled Kiritsis’s erratic moods to the Indianapolis Star, from screaming and yelling to crying and laughing.
—Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 9 Jan. 2026
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
Adjective
But his crying scene in Ford v Ferrari is one for the ages.
—Michael Granberry, Dallas News, 17 Jan. 2020
Noun
No more crying tots – or well-meaning helper elves – tugging on their long white beards and hemlines.
—Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 26 Dec. 2025
Navarro scoffed that her crying was rehearsed.
—Ian Parker, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
Chirino’s supporters filed out of the courtroom quickly, with some crying and embracing each other.
—Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 15 Dec. 2025
A lot of the crying in the show was not written.
—Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2025
Parents have been taking and sharing photos of a crying, screaming kids sitting on Santa's lap for ages now—but is this tradition more mean or funny?
—Sara Rowe Mount, Parents, 28 Nov. 2025
Mark commented with praying, broken heart and crying emojis.
—Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 14 Nov. 2025
Viviana Gonzalez, a Jerome native and Utah-based immigration attorney, was a state away when her mother video-called her crying.
—Idaho Statesman, 14 Nov. 2025
This might have the Whitesnake faithful crying in the rain.
—Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 13 Nov. 2025
Verb
The 45-year-old's work at the CBS Evening News desk was even criticized by fellow TV personality Megyn Kelly, who relentlessly mocked Dokoupil for crying during a CBS News Miami clip that saw him being interviewed by a local broadcaster and subsequently crying over memories of his childhood.
—Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Jan. 2026
In a series of frantic 911 calls, one individual reported hearing the couple's children crying inside and upon investigating, discovered Spencer lying dead in his bedroom.
—Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 12 Jan. 2026
Several people broke down in school, crying.
—CBS News, 12 Jan. 2026
Most were of someone crying or destroying something, and there was also Charlie Brown falling on his head after Lucy pulls away the football.
—Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 11 Jan. 2026
Sharif stays behind, his boy Salim crying as the car drives away, separating father and son.
—Tim Grierson, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2026
One of the things that Patrick did to hint at the ending was creating this beautiful piece of music, while the girl is crying pearls, which was designed to be synthetic keyboard music.
—Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 9 Jan. 2026
Tom Cochrun, the news director at the local TV news station WISH, recalled Kiritsis’s erratic moods to the Indianapolis Star, from screaming and yelling to crying and laughing.
—Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 9 Jan. 2026
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crying
Adjective
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And there is another urgent area requiring our attention.—
Sacramento Bee staff,
Sacbee.com,
8 Jan. 2026
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The administration’s enthusiasm to improve America’s health has real, urgent promise.—
Jerome Adams,
Fortune,
8 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Immediately drop spoonfuls of meringue onto hot pie filling, and carefully spread meringue to cover top completely, spreading to edge of crust to prevent shrinkage or weeping.—
Kelly Brant,
Arkansas Online,
9 Dec. 2025
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In another video, posted to X by Haaretz journalist Nir Hasson, a group of children, still in their performance costumes, can be seen weeping and panicking as they are ordered from the building.—
Dan Sheehan,
Literary Hub,
24 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Bystander video from the shooting scene shows a sobbing woman who says the person shot was her wife.—
Russ Bynum,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Jan. 2026
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As the cheering faded, she could be heard sobbing, overcome by the frightening moments that had just passed.—
Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
31 Dec. 2025
Verb
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By the time the group made it into the hallway, Fleeger and Freeman's wife, Joanna, were shouting at each other.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
15 Jan. 2026
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Each side held signs, chanted and gave speeches at the same time, shouting over each other into speakers.—
Becca Savransky,
Idaho Statesman,
13 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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But even for regional agencies, data gaps remain acute, forcing reliance on third-party proxies that flatten economic complexity.—
Yinka Adegoke,
semafor.com,
12 Jan. 2026
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In Clayton’s and Josephson’s hands, though, the fawn response becomes something more pliable, less a sign of acute threat than a broadly anxious orientation to the world.—
Katy Waldman,
New Yorker,
12 Jan. 2026
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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Becca Good can be heard yelling from outside the vehicle.—
Allison Gordon,
CNN Money,
10 Jan. 2026
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In the video, a man is seen yelling at fellow audience members for being disruptive throughout the show's first act.—
Kristie Keleshian,
CBS News,
9 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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That debate, however, left coaches furious that the most pressing issue in the sport – its calendar – was not discussed in the one time a year the coaches gather in the same room.—
The Athletic College Football Staff,
New York Times,
15 Jan. 2026
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Most are anxious about physical conflict in the short term, ranking ‘geoeconomic confrontation’ as the most pressing global risk over the next two years.—
Diane Brady,
Fortune,
14 Jan. 2026
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“Crying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crying. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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