CRY in a Sentence

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For CRY, below is one of 327 sentences:
If she could only be with Ellen, just to see her, to hold onto her skirt, to cry and pour out the whole story in her lap.

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 Meanings and Examples of CRY
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cry
 n.  a loud, high sound that expresses an emotion
 n.  a shout made to attract people's attention
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  She began to cry, and he felt as if every one of her tears were pouring over him like burning lead.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IV
2  Her cry steadied him, though it deepened his wrath and pity.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VII
3  Scarlett had a sudden treacherous desire to cry out, "But you've been happy, and you and Mother aren't alike," but she repressed it, fearing that he would box her ears for her impertinence.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
4  Scarlett longed to be there now, alone with Ellen, so she could put her head in her mother's lap and cry in peace.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
5  "I should cry into my pillow every night," said Scarlett, meaning to be flippant, but he took the statement at face value and went red with pleasure.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
6  If she could only be with Ellen, just to see her, to hold onto her skirt, to cry and pour out the whole story in her lap.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
7  "Oh, now I've made you cry, too," sobbed Pittypat, in a pleased way, fumbling in her skirt pocket for her handkerchief.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
8  Poor thing, she gets that queer look and I know she's trying not to cry.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
9  But in the morning-- There now, don't cry.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
10  "But it's true," answered Melanie and she began to cry softly.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
11  "Lawd, Miss Melly, doan cry hyah on Peachtree Street," groaned Uncle Peter, hastening his horse's pace.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
12  She wished that she could cry, do something to ease the iron fingers that were digging into her throat.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
13  It's terrible when women can't cry.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
14  She wanted to cry but the tears would not come.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
15  It hurt so terribly to cry, but not so much as not being able to cry.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
Example Sentence: (117 in 8 pages)
16  If you were a teardrop,In my eye,For fear of losing you,I would never cry.
17  If you were a teardrop in my eye, I would never cry.
18  Life on a farm is a far cry from what I've been used to.
19  When keeping the ambiguity with you ,I fear I will fall in love with you, and I fear I will cry after your leaving.
20  To his horror, he could feel himself starting to cry.
21  If you don't fight for what you want, don't cry for what you lose.
22  They lay on the firm sands, listening to the plaintive cry of the seagulls.
23  A girl because she had no shoes to cry, until she saw a man who had no feet.
24  It is a rule of English that adjectives generally precede the noun they modify: we say "a good cry", not "a cry good".
25  Don't hold your emotion in, cry if you want to.
26  When life give you a hundred reasons to cry, show life that you have a thousand reasons to smile.
27  Laugh, make, quarrel, cry, now I need is indifferent.
28  I am very good,does not cry not noisy not to laugh.
29  She gave an agonized cry as they lifted the fallen branch from her leg.
30  I didn't cry because it is over,but suddenly learned to miss it.