cry over

Example Sentences

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Then I’d sit on the porch and cry over what I’d heard and seen, over what had become of my town.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 7, 2026

My motto in investing has always been cry over spilt milk, for analyzing errors is how you learn almost everything.

From Barron's • Dec. 31, 2025

There is something in me — maybe the father, maybe just the human — that wants to soothe the child in that photo; to hold on to her, to cry over her.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 15, 2023

“They deserve more from us than to just cry over their graves,” Ms. Worthington said of the former soldiers.

From New York Times • Jun. 6, 2023

“We don’t need to cry over lost socks, do we?”

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan