crying
demanding attention
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,630 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 11,148 times across 157,096 chapters — 0.005% of every word in the library.
What it means
adjective
- demanding attention also: clamant, exigent, insistent, instant clamant needsa crying need
- conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible also: egregious, flagrant, glaring, gross, rank a crying shamean egregious lie
noun
- the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds) also: weeping, tears I hate to hear the crying of a childshe was in tears
crying in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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The girl in the dark garden stood laughing, crying, and listened.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
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I found it all forlorn, Crying beside its mother in the storm.
The White Christmas and other Merry · Walter Ben Hare · Chapter 1
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I didn't have to wait for day, though, to find one crying piece of evidence.
The Abandoned Room · Wadsworth Camp · Chapter 1
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Bands of drunken men paraded the streets, crying: "Bartja, the good son of Cyrus, is to be executed!"
An Egyptian Princess — Volume 07 · Georg Ebers · Chapter 1
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The shepherd asked her why she was crying, and left her no peace till she told him all her story.
The Yellow Fairy Book: The Grateful Beasts · World Traditions (Celtic, Norse, Asian & Persian) · Chapter 1