CRIED in a Sentence

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327 example sentences for CRIED, such as:

1. Disaster areas will not cry.
2. He cried because he had hurt his knee.
3. We must not lie, and cry, God help us.
4. His success can't be cried down by anyone.
5. She heard a faint, almost imperceptible cry.

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 Meanings and Examples of CRIED
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
cried
 v.  (past tense) shed tears, especially as an expression of distress or pain
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  "I'm going to beat your hide off for that," cried Stuart fiercely.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
2  "I wouldn't have Cade on a silver tray," cried Scarlett in fury.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
3  "Oh," cried Scarlett, fresh pain striking her as Gerald's words brought home the terrible inevitability of the truth.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
4  "No," she cried vehemently, jerking away.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
5  "Well, at any rate I've never been thrown," cried Scarlett indignantly.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
6  Small Carreen could have cried because, for all Scarlett's encouraging words that morning, Brent had done no more than say "Hello, Sis" and jerk her hair ribbon before turning his full attention to Scarlett.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
7  She cried until Charles climbed into bed beside her and tried to comfort her, cried without words until no more tears would come and at last she lay sobbing quietly on his shoulder.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII
8  They all cried to her that she must join their knitting and sewing circles and their hospital committees, and no one else's, and she promised recklessly to right and left.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
9  As they passed a rambling green clapboard house, a little black girl posted on the front steps cried, "Hyah she come," and Dr. Meade and his wife and little thirteen-year-old Phil emerged, calling greetings.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
10  To Scarlett, this house cried out for the masculine smells of brandy, tobacco and Macassar oil, for hoarse voices and occasional curses, for guns, for whiskers, for saddles and bridles and for hounds underfoot.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
11  She burrowed her head in the pillow and cried and kicked her feet at the tufted counterpane.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
12  That was fortunate, for if she could have spoken she would have cried out truths couched in Gerald's forthright words.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
13  Then you cried and declared you didn't know what had come over you and that he couldn't ever respect you again.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
14  "You all must stand by me and not leave me alone with him for one minute," cried Scarlett.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
15  "Oh, you can't go home," cried Pittypat, bursting into tears.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
Example Sentence: (117 in 8 pages)
16  I cried at the end and I'm not ashamed to admit it.
17  His success can't be cried down by anyone.
18  He cried because he had hurt his knee.
19  When the Labour party candidate didn't win the election, he cried foul and demanded a recount.
20  She was very emotional; she cried even when her husband left for another city on bysiness.
21  The market traders cried out like barnyard cocks.
22  We probably can no longer as before, so powerfully love, until all cried out.
23  She cried out in fear and flung both arms up to protect her face.
24  She cried out with pleasure when she saw her little sister.
25  Strong woman is will cry,but never admit defeat.
26  A strong woman will cry, but will not admit defeat.
27  She heard a faint, almost imperceptible cry.
28  Disaster areas will not cry.
29  Don't be a baby and cry over that little scratch.
30  We must not lie, and cry, God help us.