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I . cry <-ie-> [kraɪ] VB intr

1. cry (weep):

cry

II . cry <-ie-> [kraɪ] VB trans

III . cry [kraɪ] N

1. cry no pl (weeping):

cry
choro m
to have a cry

2. cry (shout):

cry
grito m

3. cry ZOOL:

cry
uivo m

battle cry N

cry-baby N

chorão(-ona) m (f)

war cry N

Usage examples with cried

he cried and cried

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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One sister would be placed in iced water, while doctors monitored the other's body temperature, or else one would be poked with needles to see if the other cried.
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His constant jabbering with officials doesn't help his cause, though, and he's turned into the-boy-who-cried-wolf sort of figure.
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Whoosh, gurgle, goggle, she cried, coughing and choking.
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I'm not saying that all the people that have cried on these programmes are crying crocodile tears.
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The wine was destined for a monastery and the church cried sacrilege.
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The customer fell to his knees and cried sugarless tears of bottomless grief.
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My father was so proud that he almost cried as he spoke.
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There he landed in the graveyard of cloud-mushrooms and cried blood once last time before perishing in a shower of rubble and cloud-mushrooms.
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My grandmother, who worked very hard for many years came to our house one day and cried a lot because they had cut off her retirement pay.
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The poor woman, distraught by her guilty conscience, cried so hard that her tears flowed out of the large cave.
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