as in urgent
needing immediate attention
a crying need for more activities for young people in this town
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as in weeping
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as in sobbing
to shed tears often while making meaningless sounds as a sign of pain or distress
some kids started to cry even before the doctor had given them their shot
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as in shouting
to speak so as to be heard at a distance
a mother crying for help
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Recent Examples of crying
Michael Granberry, Dallas News, 17 Jan. 2020
Adjective
But his crying scene in Ford v Ferrari is one for the ages.
—Michael Granberry, Dallas News, 17 Jan. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crying
Adjective
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As the exhibition illustrated, Pan-Africanism also corresponded with urgent anti-colonial, anti-apartheid, and civil rights movements worldwide.—
Delinda Collier,
Artforum,
1 May 2025
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That is the urgent story that authors Allen and Parnes ignored.—
Bruce Fein,
Baltimore Sun,
1 May 2025
Adjective
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With acute stress, a rapid spike in the hormone typically helps your brain process and retain memories so they can be retrieved later.—
Alisa Hrustic,
SELF,
1 May 2025
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Museums are imperiled by acute financial, social, and ideological challenges.—
Eric Crosby,
Artforum,
1 May 2025
Verb
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When Jenny tried to talk with her mother about the conflict, Alice would often immediately start weeping.—
Rachel Aviv,
The New Yorker,
23 Dec. 2024
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As weeping family members and friends of Lombardo Palacios, 33, and Charlotte Pleytez, 37, looked on, the courtroom exploded in applause.—
Connor Sheets,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Dec. 2024
Verb
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Three were arrested, including — and here’s perhaps the wildest part — an unrelated man who showed up armed at the scene hours later, after a relative told him about the shooting, surrendered his firearms to police and began yelling at them.—
Joanna Allhands,
The Arizona Republic,
26 Dec. 2024
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And there are people yelling for Dylan to come back.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
26 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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In 2024, the Scott brothers partnered on a first-of-its-kind partnership called The Healthy Home Innovation Fund to invest in innovations that can help tackle the most pressing issues facing homeowners, renters, builders and others.—
Jennifer Bradley Franklin,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2025
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The Bengals added Fairchild in the third, so adding another lineman while there were more pressing needs is strange, especially a raw lineman like Rivers.—
Mark Weinstein,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Anticipate and Remind There's no reason to wait for the whining to happen.—
Debby Waldman,
Parents,
29 Apr. 2025
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Ultimately, Janice tells Ross that his whining is too much and ditches him.—
Victoria Edel,
People.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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“Crying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crying. Accessed 12 May. 2025.
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