Get to know Cry better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like yell or shout.
Cry in a sentence
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Cry meaning
- To shed tears; to weep, especially in anger or sadness.
- To utter loudly; to call out; to declare publicly.
- To shout, scream, yell.
Synonyms of Cry
Using Cry
- The main meaning on this page is: To shed tears; to weep, especially in anger or sadness. | To utter loudly; to call out; to declare publicly. | To shout, scream, yell.
- Useful related words include: yell, shout, utter, cry out.
- In the example corpus, cry often appears in combinations such as: to cry, far cry, cry from.
Context around Cry
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 11 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Cry
- In this selection, "cry" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, far, sad, happy, baby, happy and leaving stand out and add context to how "cry" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a cry to accept and a far cry from his. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "cry" sits close to words such as briefing, riders and accounting, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with cry
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A user said, "Cry more cry more. (7 words)
It made me outright cry & I don’t cry easily. (10 words)
If mi nuh cry in the morning, mi cry at nights. (11 words)
Showcasing the words ‘RIP Cry Baby’ carved into a tree, the promise was true – every track Melanie performed on the night was from her latest album, with no Cry Baby or K-12 tracks making an appearance. (37 words)
Matthew's tearful display on the reunion was a far cry from his character Chandler, who famously admitted that he was unable to cry, leaving wife Monica Geller on a mission to bring on the tears. (36 words)
The only difference is when an Isis rascal slaughters an innocent person he will cry “Allahu ASkbar”, while our fascists would cry, “In the name of the father, the son, and the holy ghost”. (34 words)
If they dont save the coal companies then babby Jebus will cry, why do you want to make babby Jebus cry? (21 words)
Example sentences (20)
She continued: “I would cry every single morning, I would cry during my lunch breaks, I would cry before I slept.
She started to cry, the father started to cry and we even started to cry, and were just happy to be able to do that for them,” DeLeon said.
The night was sure to have you sad cry, happy cry, and then laugh-cry by the time the event wrapped up.
Matthew's tearful display on the reunion was a far cry from his character Chandler, who famously admitted that he was unable to cry, leaving wife Monica Geller on a mission to bring on the tears.
Showcasing the words ‘RIP Cry Baby’ carved into a tree, the promise was true – every track Melanie performed on the night was from her latest album, with no Cry Baby or K-12 tracks making an appearance.
You cannot cry to Faleke and you come back with that cry.
A user said, "Cry more cry more.
It made me outright cry & I don’t cry easily.
Yes I cry, yes I break down, but after I cry, I just look in the mirror and say, ‘keep moving,'” she said.
You begin to wonder if a Nigerian would cry on hearing our national anthem or cry if we win or lose a game.
The cry of the excluded is the cry of the majority of humanity, say the writers.
A cry to accept nothing less than that which we deserve, a cry to crave far more than that which we currently have.
If mi nuh cry in the morning, mi cry at nights.
Nigerians expect the president to cry with them when they cry and console them in times of tragedy.
The only difference is when an Isis rascal slaughters an innocent person he will cry “Allahu ASkbar”, while our fascists would cry, “In the name of the father, the son, and the holy ghost”.
If they dont save the coal companies then babby Jebus will cry, why do you want to make babby Jebus cry?
Simply being held, and being able to cry because it’s safe to cry, is sometimes enough.
Adani’s net worth was valued at $60.1 billion — a far cry from the $150 billion fortune that was attached to his name just this past September.
A decorated actor across various genres of TV and film, has made fans laugh and cry for decades.
A few months ago, for instance, I was standing in Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, and I started to cry.
Common combinations with cry
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to cry 32×
- far cry 32×
- cry from 30×
- cry and 13×
- cry for 11×
- and cry 10×
- rallying cry 10×
- would cry 9×
- cry to 7×
- the cry 7×