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cry

[krahy] / kraɪ /




VERB
formally announce to others
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Example Sentences

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The customer-service agent nearly made me cry when she asked if I was heading home.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Oh look! I’ve never seen this. Turn the camera around . . . Oh I love that,” Jackson says, happily, before she starts to cry.

From Salon

The lyric, "I'll cry my eyes violet", refers to the star's famously entrancing eyes; and the line "what could you possibly get for the girl who has everything" namechecks one of her films.

From BBC

Someone else from the public gallery cried "yes".

From BBC

This is certainly a far cry from the optimistic globalism of 30 years ago, but it may be the only way forward that avoids a complete, chaotic decoupling.

From The Wall Street Journal