Thesaurus / crying
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The crying came when the 17-year-old was trying to make sense, on her own, of the complex form required to apply for the financial aid she needed as the first in her low-income family to go to college.
AS ADMISSIONS SEASON DESCENDS, WARNING SIGNS APPEAR FOR LOW-INCOME APPLICANTSJON MARCUSFEBRUARY 19, 2021WASHINGTON POSTToday I rally but do not have the energy to both skin and keep my crying in check.
SMALL SKI AREAS, BIG IMPACTDINA MISHEVFEBRUARY 5, 2021WASHINGTON POSTTheir coughs echoed through the dorm at night, mixed, some remembered, with the quieter sounds of crying.
TO STAY OR TO GO?HANNAH DREIERDECEMBER 26, 2020WASHINGTON POSTThe forest was dense here, the trail overgrown, and you were about to reach reflexively for the phone you didn’t have, to shed some light on the path, when you first heard the crying.
DARK SPACES ON THE MAPKATIE MCLEANDECEMBER 18, 2020MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEWThis year’s pandemic means there is no crying—or spitting—in baseball.
THIS YEAR'S WORLD SERIES ISN'T THE FIRST PLAYED DURING A PANDEMIC. HERE'S WHAT HAPPENED TO BASEBALL IN 1918MELISSA AUGUSTOCTOBER 23, 2020TIMEThe wretched young man persistently exercises his right of crying "Banco," and so practically going double or quits each time.
THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME I (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLSThey were standing over the cots in the nursery late at night, and I think that Mamma was crying softly.
KIPLING STORIES AND POEMS EVERY CHILD SHOULD KNOW, BOOK IIRUDYARD KIPLINGThe atmosphere seemed drawn taut before him as though it must any instant split open upon a sound of crying.
THE WAVEALGERNON BLACKWOODHis duty it was to stand at the head of the scalding trough, watch in hand, to "time" the length of the scald, crying "Hog in!"
THE BOOK OF ANECDOTES AND BUDGET OF FUN;VARIOUSI noticed that you had set her crying again, Lucy, for about the tenth time to-day.
THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME I (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLSWORDS RELATED TO CRYING
- burning
- called-for
- capital
- chief
- clamant
- clamorous
- compelling
- critical
- crucial
- crying
- demanded
- demanding
- driving
- essential
- exigent
- foremost
- heavy
- hurry-up
- immediate
- impelling
- imperative
- important
- importunate
- indispensable
- insistent
- instant
- leading
- life and death
- momentous
- necessary
- paramount
- persuasive
- pressing
- primary
- principal
- required
- salient
- serious
- top-priority
- touch and go
- touchy
- vital
- wanted
- weighty
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