crying

Example Sentences

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"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

"There were some sailors from South India who were crying and making panicked calls home. I told them to stop calling and helped bring them up on to the deck."

From BBC • May 23, 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

She stopped crying and I sighed with relief.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff