crying 1 of 3

crying

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verb

present participle of cry

crying

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noun

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of crying
Verb
But his crying scene in Ford v Ferrari is one for the ages. Michael Granberry, Dallas News, 17 Jan. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crying
Adjective
  • In response, researchers and experts are sounding the alarm—calling for urgent, comprehensive solutions to reverse these trends and support youth wellbeing.
    Semafor Events, semafor.com, 30 June 2025
  • Too Much Going On Limits Executive Team Performance Today’s executive teams are pulled in more directions than ever—global priorities, cross-functional initiatives, urgent issues, never-ending decks.
    Elizabeth Freedman, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
Adjective
  • Since then, Ben & Jerry’s politics have been a headache for its parent, and the tensions between the two have grown more acute as the business community got swept into the culture wars — first pulled to the left in the mid-2010s, then retreating rightward under the second Trump administration.
    Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 30 June 2025
  • Decades later, that feeling is more acute: the gay beach in Chicago where it was taken no longer exists, memorialized today by a 2.5-acre garden in memory of those who lost their lives to AIDS.
    Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 29 June 2025
Verb
  • When Jenny tried to talk with her mother about the conflict, Alice would often immediately start weeping.
    Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
  • As weeping family members and friends of Lombardo Palacios, 33, and Charlotte Pleytez, 37, looked on, the courtroom exploded in applause.
    Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Three were arrested, including — and here’s perhaps the wildest part — an unrelated man who showed up armed at the scene hours later, after a relative told him about the shooting, surrendered his firearms to police and began yelling at them.
    Joanna Allhands, The Arizona Republic, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Everybody was yelling his name.
    Bruce Feldman, The Athletic, 26 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • On the spectrum from white to red, direct pressing and minimal skin contact produce light, crisp, floral styles with orchard fruits and bright acidity, which stylistically are closer to white wines.
    Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
  • The candidates generally agree on what the district’s most pressing issues are: homelessness, affordable housing development, public safety and blight, and creating a vibrant downtown core.
    Devan Patel, Mercury News, 25 June 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • That’s okay, no whining (hopefully the cheap shots by Leafs silence the Stolarz criers at least).
    Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 11 May 2025

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“Crying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crying. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.

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