crying

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A day will come when you will weep as I am weeping now, but then it will be too late On hearing these words whispered very softly, the puppet, more frightened than ever, sprang down from the back of his donkey and went and took hold of his mouth Imagine his surprise when he found that the donkey was crying--crying like a boy Eh!

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  1. adjective Demanding or requiring action or attention: a crying need.
  2. adjective Abominable; reprehensible: a crying shame.

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  • The reason for the crying was that when it got late and the folks began to look for me, one of the boys said that the last time he saw me I was swimming with Mike ——. —  Dave Ranney
  • My mother was always crying, and she used to collect the old women in the neighbourhood and moan with them. —  Maigret and the Hundred Gibbets - 04—Simenon, Georges
  • Her voice was rough from crying, her words flat and lifeless. —  SexyBeastII
  • You can't work through grief if you're stuck in protest crying, which is all about fixing it, fixing the loss. —  Softpedia News - Global
  • "You can't work through grief if you're stuck in protest crying, which is all about fixing it, fixing the loss," Dr. Nelson said. —  orrologion
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crying:   cries ·  cried ·  cry
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  1. Ppr. of cry, v. i., in def. 2.
 

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