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crying

[krahy-ing] / ˈkraɪ ɪŋ /
ADJECTIVE
weeping
Synonyms


ADJECTIVE
demanding attention
Synonyms


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"My wife was also crying her eyes out for Mason, as he's been looking forward to this holiday for an extremely long time."

From BBC • May 26, 2026

"It's very difficult, it is breaking my heart to wait for something uncertain," 47-year-old Casilao said, crying as she recounted how she slept alone at a local government building overnight Sunday.

From Barron's • May 25, 2026

The day after, he said he couldn't stop crying.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

AFP reporters saw the released fighters -- with shaven-heads and draped in Ukrainian flags -- cheering, crying, embracing one another and waiting to be reunited with their families.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

Laughing because I was home; crying because Father and Betsie, the only two people she had ever allowed herself to love, would never be.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom




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