Winky, however, remained where she was, though there was a definite increase in the volume of her crying. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

That was the whole reason I was crying. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

She throws herself on the bed, Lefty’s bed, to continue crying. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He hadn’t shared a bedroom with her all his life not to be able to tell when she’d been crying. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

By the time her friends pry her away, Ester is crying uncontrollably. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

But imagine you’re six and you came home every day crying, begging not to go back to school. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Rosaleen and I stared at her as her humming turned into hard crying. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he left the village, he heard people crying, and he knew that these were his friends who thought that he would never return. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

I look up at the ceiling, trying to keep myself from crying, but it’s no use. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

A strange sight you hardly ever see: men crying so openly. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Raulito was having one of his crying fits and Jacqueline, who is empathic when it comes to tears, had joined in. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She shakes her head but he presses them on her and she eats and drinks, snuffling and crying. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

That she was crying because it was her anniversary. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Then she broke down crying again arid turned away so she was facing the pond and didn’t have to look at me. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

It seemed so close that his nose almost brushed mine, and yet I could tell that his eyes were soft, that he was speaking and crying at the same time. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

All about Crickhollow there was the sound of horns blowing, and voices crying and feet running. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

And the silence was cracked, suddenly, by an ambulance siren, and a crying bell. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Now everyone was standing up and shouting, and I heard my mother’s voice crying, “An- mei! An-mei!” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her voice cracked and she started crying again, covering her face with her hands as she sat down on the hard-packed earth, her legs crossed under her. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Then, I think I hear someone crying again. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

I lay prone, my nose and eyes sore from crying. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Worried that Lola’s crying could be heard downstairs, Briony got to her feet again and pushed the bedroom door closed. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

She was crying and touching everything, but I wouldn’t let her know where I was, because I was sure that the cracking up at the end would make it all OK. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then he was peeling them down her legs, and she was still crying silently. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Aunt Elizabeth is gently washing the baby off, it isn’t crying much, it stops. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked at him sitting there across from me, and suddenly imagined him crying his way through his twenties, and probably most of his thirties. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I was crying when I finally climbed down the stairs with my shoes over my shoulder. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard her crying and I bent to her. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mia ran down to the side door, and Pearl heard a murmur of voices and crying, and then her mother came into the kitchen followed by a young Chinese woman, who was sobbing. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I could tell he was close to crying. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Soon, on account of the heat, I guess, that water started evaporating and drops ran down the grooves carved in that wooden face so that the statue looked as if it were crying. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“Farther down in the bunker,” Anton answered, his voice getting quieter as his crying subsided. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I knew I had good reasons for crying even if they were too mixed up to put into words. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

We left all the lights off so that I couldn’t see that he was crying. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Their shoulders were shaking, and I could tell they were crying. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

My sister was crying, “My mother’s still in there!” Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Them telling my moms what happened as she stood with the phone cupped to her ear in the kitchen, crying but at the same time looking sort of relieved, too. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Already they heard below them in the town the heralds crying and the war-horns blowing. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I think about how much Dad has been crying and the words jump out of my mouth. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I found myself crying too, and felt a gnawing emptiness, as though I had been scraped clean inside and there was nothing in me now but a terrible darkness. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Lizabeth was crying, but crying mad, so I easied down some. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“You’ve never heard anything so painful as this almost continual plaintive crying lasting several days and several nights and with us not knowing what to do.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Little did he know that within a month, he’d be the one crying. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

But just before crying time set in, I pulled one off the other and said, “You both sleep on top. There’s enough room.” One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Charles tried to carry me but I pushed him off and walked on the break, grinding my teeth to stop myself from crying out, while I slapped playfully at my brother. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

There were people a few feet away from him crying loudly. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

She ran her hands down her face and said in this crazy crying grandma voice: “I’m just so sorry for you, Miguel.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I focus on my breathing, like we learned in yoga in PE, to keep myself from crying. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Why?” she kept crying softly, shaking her head. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Then there was silence, except for the vendors who were crying nuts and gingerbread. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s crying and calling to her in a pure Limerick accent. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Maybe it was because Florida was crying enough for the two of them, or because he’d wanted to cheer her up. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

I was crying, and she burst into tears when she saw me. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

To be sure, Gloria ceased crying, but she ceased smiling, too, and the passing days found her ever more silent and shadowy. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Back when Sarah Vaughan filled the house with her smoky voice, Vonetta was far away crying to be picked up, and Cecile’s stomach was big with Fern. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Later she said, “Sandra, what did you do? Why did this girl hug me and start crying?” How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

She wondered if they hovered over the coffle of slaves being driven down one of the old overland routes to Natchez or New Orleans, whispering taunts, crying revenge, bloody revenge, revolt, bloody revolt. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I made my way back to Summer’s bedroom, where Ximena, just as Summer had texted, was crying on Summer’s bed. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

She plants the brown stuff in our nostrils and we sneeze so hard the women stop crying and laugh till they have to wipe their eyes with their shawls. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

His mother rushed over to the sofa and caught Roy in her arms, crying as John had never seen a woman, or anybody, cry before. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

A lump forms in my throat, and I have to shut my eyes to keep from crying. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

She took off running toward it, crying, “Mom! Mom! Where are you, Mom?” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

After a while Harry was covered with it, but he stopped crying and fell asleep. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Moaning Myrtle was crying noisily in her stall, but they were ignoring her, and she them. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

One night in the attic, she was crying softly and telling me something about Isaac. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

She stops crying abruptly and stares at me. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Sal had been crying, but when he saw me, he stopped. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

What was out there was me, fearful, crying in the night. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I looked at Newcharlie, he was crying, gulping but not making any other sound. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

From the street, the crying woman’s voice rose again and again, hoarser and thinner than the last time. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Her chest was heaving even more and her mouth was open, smiling crazily as if she were pleased I was crying. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Freeman: “No crying in my studio. It ruins the supplies. Salt, you know, saline. Etches like acid.” Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

It did not run nor hide as Ferrets are wont to do, but leapt upon me, throwing me backwards upon the grounde and crying with most unnatural fury, ‘Get out of it, baldy!’ Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I can’t make it through the day without losing it, so I have to take crying breaks in the bathroom, which makes me feel extra pathetic. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I feel like crying and throwing something at the same time. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

I was crying before we even got to June’s room. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

In the bushes, Sefia bit down on her tongue to keep from crying out. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Her face was in his chest and she was crying. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Someone pulled the crying child from her horse. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

The girls were crying, and the boys were making funny barfing noises. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t think a minute is enough—until I give in, crying harder than I have in weeks, and I hammer at the railing with the bottom of my fist. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Only thing worse than crying in front of Daddy is hearing Daddy fuss when I do. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

Victor suddenly starts crying because it isn’t ready yet. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He heard men’s voices crying out, their words muffled by the intense pressure in his head. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

He can probably tell I’m crying, though, ’cause my nose is clogged. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boy would not stop crying and he would not stop looking back. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

I knew that if I read the fine print I would start crying. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Chronicler staggered back, crying out in alarm before he realized it was nothing more than a crow beating its wings into flight. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“You thought of me,” Joaquin said, trying to keep from laughing or crying or whatever that reaction was that was bubbling up in his chest, pressing down on his lungs. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

And he was crying the first time I saw him so I was being nice to him. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

A black janitor who was sweeping the hallway asked why she was crying. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t go far from them, just closer to the entrance right as a priest is escorting a crying woman out the church. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

There was no stepfather in the picture yet, no baby brother crying in the night. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Tears streamed down her face, and even though I couldn’t see anybody else’s face, really, I could tell a lot of people were crying by the way folks were thumbing the corners of their eyes. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

As I stand up, I look at the audience and see that they’re crying too, the women wiping their tears with their shawls, even the men catching their tears on shirt cuffs. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s crying, if you really want to know. The old guy’s crying.” The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

The twins started crying, and Luke bent down to calm them. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I answer my own question by crying some more. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Your lovely little cousin’s body is lying in the drawing room. The fish have eaten out her eyes. Her mother can’t stop crying. Is that what you call playing.?” The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We don’t want anyone to hear you crying. It is not safe for us to stay here anymore. We have to go and we will ride on a truck to get there.” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She snuggled her face into his chest, and from the dampness, Matt guessed she was crying. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps that is why you were crying, because in that moment you understood that even your relatively privileged security can never match a sustained assault launched in the name of the Dream. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

I look out at Mam at the kitchen table, smoking a cigarette, drinking tea, and crying. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

By the time she gets to the finish line, she is limping and crying. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

The moment she saw me, she threw herself at me, crying. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

If it were me, I’d be home crying all day long. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Now there was a thrashing and pounding and a crying out from within the darkening place. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

I feel like crying thinking about how this job would suit me fine and what Miss Hilly’s done to keep me from getting it. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

When she lifts the eaglet to her chest, the crying stops. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I turn around and Tiny Cooper is crying huge tears. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

I stand in the street, with the drunks staggering out of the Men Only, my hands pressed to my mouth, crying and feeling stupid. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Tears ran down my face, and I didn’t know whether I was laughing or crying. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Horrid!” sobbed Miss Pope, and then ceased crying. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was over not long after that, both of them in the back of truck and her breathing so hard it sounded like she might be crying. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

And if you wondered what Time sounded like it sounded like water running in a dark cave and voices crying and dirt dropping down upon hollow box lids, and rain. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

A little boy is crying as a man curses about another train delay. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

As the boy went out the door and down the worn coral rock road he was crying again. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a couple of minutes, her crying turned into groaning, distressed and desperate. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

As soon as I open the door, I hear someone crying in one of the stalls. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“You were at the foot of the cross. You were crying.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

And then Mom gasped and began laughing and crying all at once, and alternately holding her hands over her mouth and holding on to Emma and Finn. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

To my shame, I realized I was almost crying. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

We all sighed with relief, wiping our tears with the backs of our hands and crying and laughing at the same time. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I can remember a vague commotion, the house filled up with people crying, saying bitterly that the white Black Legion had finally gotten him. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She comes in with the attitude that we are going to cut his nuts off—basically, this isn’t a time for crying, this is a time to make sure he’s punished for what he did.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Then after another hour of crying and hiccoughing he went to sleep. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Lyra had stopped crying, thanks to the biscuit, and was dozing in Alice’s arms. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

In the dream he smiled as he worked it and I stood there crying, knowing that eventually it would work and that he would kill me. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Valley seemed to be sobbing now and she made a high-pitched noise that sounded like wheezing, but when she straightened up and Seven saw her face, she was not crying. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

He let out sporadic choking sounds, crying deep in his throat. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

She retreated to her sofa bed and stayed there for days on end, crying and occasionally throwing things at us. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

It is not my intention to leave Rhiannon crying, but that is exactly what I do. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

She shrank from his stare; it silenced her crying. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ford is still crying and thrashing, wanting to go with them. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Marcus sat down on the ground and started crying like there was no tomorrow. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

She tells me, Don’t be crying over Mr.Timoney, he’s not even your father. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

And due to some harmonic resonance, I started crying again too. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Laughing and crying he lay with his head on the floor and his knees up, “. . . always were a savage underneath.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Patrick came back, I said, really crying, “I really think I should go apologize.” The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Junior tells her he often feels like crying. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

But they were also crying from a terrible tragedy. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Baby stayed there, holding her, until she stopped crying and wiped her eyes. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

All around us I hear footsteps, shouting, that god-awful shrieking, the twang of arrows being shot, men crying out in pain. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Helena is crying, but everything else has gone quiet. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

By then he was crying, sobbing, pulling at the box of Kleenex on Gaylyn’s desk. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

On another occasion a man killed a small boy because he was ‘in a bad mood and the child was crying’. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

She drew Mother back in the chair and Mother lay crying against the red and yellow cushion. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

His vision was blurred; he hadn’t even realized that he’d been crying. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Piper felt silly, but she kept breaking down and crying as she told Jason what had happened while he was struggling underwater. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“And they plop their crying babies in a highchair and expect me to bring them their blueberry waffles in, like, a minute.” Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Then the “sergeants” of the fair would walk through the streets crying, “Pack up, pack up,” and all the cloth must be put away. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Why didn’t you come back?” she asked finally, choking on the words as she tried to stop crying. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

That made me stop crying a little bit. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

My eyes start to burn, and even though the tears don’t come, it feels like I’ve been crying for days. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

And out of the gathering mirk the Nazgûl came with their cold voices crying words of death; and then all hope was quenched. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t until I knocked his back into a tree that I realized I was crying. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Once she came to his door, and she was crying. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t imagine her crying, but trying to picture it made him remember a time when Mrs. Trepid had grabbed ahold of Florida and shook her. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

But others kept searching, and some were crying. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Quit your crying. You should’ve followed the rules and stayed inside. Now come on, grab his legs.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

One day she came home in tears, and when I asked her why she was crying, she said she’d gotten into a fight with Suzie Q., one of the imaginary friends. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Somewhere in the distance a child was crying shrill and high. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Mama crying and asking his forgiveness because she had to go back to work. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He scribbled a pass quickly so I wouldn’t be standing there crying in front of him. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Now I’m about to start crying at the conference table. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Even the boys who’d been crying stopped, as though tears had been proclaimed sinful. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

They flocked to watch peasants bent over in the fields, digging the hard dirt, crying into the furrows to water the seeds. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was summertime, very hot and dusty outside, and I could hear cicadas crying in the yard. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thinking about them makes me blink and blink to keep from crying. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was crying the whole time, and my mom was losing her patience with me. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

What I should have feared was the damage unseen, what she wouldn’t end up crying over or even speaking about in our last good year. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Holton was the first to untangle herself from the crying party when her two children saw what was going on and commenced bawling too. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

I don't want him to know I'm crying. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Malcolm knocked them aside and hit him hard in the face, so that he fell over, crying, “Auntie! Auntie!” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

We got in the car and drove around until nobody was crying and our eyes weren’t so red. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Not one of her snot-nose sobbing jags, but crying like her heart done broke. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The father woke from his dream grateful and crying, because life was generous, and had revealed to him something any father would be proud to know. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Moments later, the boy began breathing on his own—breathing and coughing and choking and throwing up and crying for his mother. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Frodo stood still, hearing far off great seas upon beaches that had long ago been washed away, and sea-birds crying whose race had perished from the earth. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I heard Mrs. King crying and Mr. King talking very loud, and Grace and Ellen turned away their faces when they passed me, so I shouldn’t see how red and swollen their eyes were. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

He, to my crying shame, obeyed them in his limping dip-straight-dip fashion. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Running down the hallway... somebody chasing me... not a person... just a big flashing kitchen knife... and I’m scared and crying but no voice comes out because my neck is cut and I’m bleeding... Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then all the other girls put on their makgabes and walked home, leaving that girl crying by the river, saddened by the loss of her beautiful apron. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Mom looked like she’d been crying and Dad looked like he might have barfed, but at least they were next to each other. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

If your neighbors are going out every evening and leaving their small son on his own and crying, you should certainly report it to some responsible adult. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

I can hear children in the background, one crying and the other screaming. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

"And to think," said Lasaraleen, almost crying, "that if only you had sense you could be the wife of a Grand Vizier!" The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

The next minute, Daddy was falling, and Mama was screaming, and Charlie was crying, and I couldn’t move. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

We both laugh so hard, it almost feels like crying. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

She was crying, and moving around the room with a heavy grace, collecting her books. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Neeley looked quickly, then, afraid he would start crying, he ran out of the room. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we sing, Beloved Haiti, there is no place like you, I had to leave you before I could understand you, some of the women start crying. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

She sat on a chair near the window and stared outside, crying softly. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes are wide, looking all around us for the danger, but there’s just me, crying on the sofa as my mom hands me a glass of water. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Another whose tears could heal any hurt—a beautiful gift, but he was destined to spend his whole life crying. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

That wasn’t surprising at all, but Rowdy started crying, too, and he hated that. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

She hadn’t cried a tall until then, and she really didn’t want to, but when they both stopped crying, the tension was gone and the shaking, and she felt much better. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lay in bed crying, afraid to step into the room where I heard things breaking, but the next morning there were no mismatched pieces, no chips or fragments, nothing to sweep away. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

The only thing that can do that is tears, so I guess I was crying. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the younger kids ran forward, crying, and stroked Otto’s foot. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Her crying was like an animal’s—a seal’s —and it echoed around the basement. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Your father would walk around the house all day crying. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Because you can't have scenes without crying, and then you pity yourself so much you can't remember what the other person's said. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

She woke up at night crying that she could hear her mother’s voice, but of course she couldn’t. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I watch a movie of myself being strong and saying good-bye and not crying. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

If I looked at him any longer, I was going to start crying, so I pushed myself up and crawled over him to dig my school uniform out of the mess on the floor. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

By the time she settled into her seat, Abuelita was crying so much she was rendered speechless. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Once again, they grumbled that he was too young and small, that he might slow them down or start crying again, as he had in the desert. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was actually worried she would cry when I boarded the bus, but when I looked at her through the window I was relieved to see she wasn’t crying at all. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I cried as if every other thing I’d cried for in my life had been a waste of crying. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Mama broke down and went to crying then. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like Mrs. B crying happy tears when she heard the song from her sister’s wedding. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I was crying, calling for my mother, but I held on to Grover—I wasn’t going to let him go. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

And Ryna had thrown herself all over the ground, lost her mind, and was still crying in a ditch. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I left the strip, prepared to give the ritual high-fives to rest of the team, I noticed Dagmara was hysterically crying. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

After a minute, I wasn’t sure if I was laughing or crying. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Only Mary Anne saw that he was crying and she followed him. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Horrible sounds floated to us across the waves: a thousand sufferers moaning and crying out. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

She buried her head in her dad’s shoulder and the two of us were crying like babies. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone else was crying, but I couldn’t cry. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

She collapsed on the porch steps, crying with her hands clasped over her mouth. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

He’d remember the stabbing cold, and the screams of hundreds of people crying for help. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

Then my arms were around her, and now I was crying, my body burning on the inside, while I told her over and over again, “It’s okay. It’s okay. I’m gonna be fine.” All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She rode the trolley with her mother sullenly, her eyes hooded as she watched the crying girl ghost next to the chatty old colored woman. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

When I join in the singing, listen to the crying. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

They came back crying; all that was left was a pile of feathers and bones. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I hear the crying and then I see Dad’s hand reaching under the sofa cushion and pushing the wet hair out of my eyes. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

And suddenly, without warning she broke down, dropping her face down upon her outstretched arms and crying as though her heart would break. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

You stopped crying and put out your hand. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Barely an hour ago I had been crying to him, down the telephone. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

My mother’s anger humiliates me; her words chafe my cheeks, and I am crying. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aurora starts crying and flings herself on top of me. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Outside, people are scattered everywhere, screaming and crying as they run in every direction, bumping and pushing each other. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was probably crying alarm from one end of the house to the other. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought of my father receiving the phone call from Mr. Galanter and rushing over to the hospital, and I had to hold myself back from crying. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He could tell from Bill’s voice that he was crying. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

She was crying, but she got out something like ‘God help me, I didn’t know what you were like! But as God is my witness, I was not pregnant!’ Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I don’t even realize I’m crying until Mom turns into a blurry pink and peach blob. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Harry was our baby bird, an orphan we had to save because we found him crying all alone with no one to take care of him. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Because I know if things were reversed and it was Edie who saw me crying in the bathroom, she would tell everyone. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

The house in Mazoe was quiet, terribly quiet, without its children, but for the first time in several weeks Mother was able to listen to the silence without crying. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I guess the reason he stepped outside was so the others wouldn’t see he was crying. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have gotten good at crying without making a sound, without disturbing anyone. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

The bear cub was out on the bank, whimpering and crying and clawing the rocks with all three of his other feet, trying to pull away. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I spent the next three days playing happy when other people were around, but spending all my private time crying in my closet. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

When she continued to weep, he lay back on his bed and told her that she should go outside and only come back when her crying had finished. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

They make faces and run to Mam’s bed, crying. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“I been waiting for him to say that his whole life,” she told me, crying. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

The crying stopped, and that familiar, crackly mean voice shouted. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The echoes inside the boiler made it sound as though she were crying under water. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She breaks down crying, talking about how we had taken advantage of her and confused her. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m surprised your dog didn’t run after you, for all the crying she did just now.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Dad said that lots of girls had given Henry ultimatums, tried to force him to settle down, and lots of girls had been left crying on the sidewalk. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Oliver, alarmed by the prospect of Hyacinth crying again, suggested that they go downstairs so she could show him her collection of buttons. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

It was such exquisite clarity of blood and skin and breath that I felt like crying. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

He thinks about crying too but knows that he wouldn’t be able to make it believable. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

I started crying, but that only made me feel more sore. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

After that day when the police officers came to the door, Chess remembered lots and lots of nights when he woke up and heard Mom crying. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The kid was crying when the ref slapped the mat and Luke came up proud, arms raised. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Mother’s picture of President Eisenhower looked down at me from the wall, and I crossed my arms over my naked chest for shame, crying even harder. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when I got halfway down the hall, I heard crying. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know that the stupid little girl I’m reading to starts crying because she says I’m yelling at her which I’m not. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the creepy theme song comes on, I hear whimpering and then soft crying. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I knew she was probably crying right at that moment. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

She was facing the window, so her back was to Ivy, but Ivy could tell she was crying. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

By the time she got to the S’s, I was shaky, because every one of the children who had gone before me had come back crying, pressing a wad of cotton against their arm. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I feel my eyes burning and I don’t want her to see me crying especially when I don’t know why I’m crying. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

He rejoined the man about ten feet away and turned to see that any trace of the crying, helpless, I-want-to-quit Trina was gone, replaced with the firmly resolved woman Mark was used to seeing. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

A couple of hours later, Emily came into the auditorium crying. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

And I felt mean because I didn’t feel like crying. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Doha could feel wetness through his shirt and realized his father was crying. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Oh, Mina dear, I can’t help crying: and you must excuse this letter being all blotted. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

I could see right away that my mom had been crying. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Broken After you finish crying and the sadness finds a home in what’s left of your heart, you ask her when she’s leaving you. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Her mascara is streaked across her cheeks and her eyes are puffy and red, like she’s been crying for a long time. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

All I can do is nod, afraid that if I answer I’ll start crying again and won’t be able to stop. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

On the inside I’m still crying, even though my tear supply has dried out. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

As we collected ourselves and walked toward the caravan, many of the adults were crying openly. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Men came to the door crying for the Lord of the City. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

He didn't say stop crying, or toughen up. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

If she managed to get through an entire week without crying, overcoming all the tests Nicolas imposed, she won a prize, which almost always consisted of a motorcycle ride at breakneck speed—an unforgettable experience. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is the kind of thing I should look out for: crying without reason, making a spectacle of myself. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was crying too; she felt the tears drop on her body before she saw them on his face. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

In the house Mary was still crying a little. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I see you crying like a crushed snail, the way you cried when I helped you pull out your first loose tooth. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

You cant do no good, holding to the gate and crying. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I read her this poem I wrote called “Dream” about doing hip-hop with my own band, and she started crying. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

And if he didn’t feel all these things, then why was he crying all the way to his locker? The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then Ophie was in her mother’s arms, and they were both crying, and for the first time in a very long time Ophie thought that maybe, just maybe, things could be okay. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

I went on rocking and crying, but my thought burrowed within, concentrated in a point deep in my chest, where there was room for only one truth: I must save Char. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I looked at myself in the mirror, standing there not crying, with my hat on the ground. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

You would never know that two minutes ago she’d been crying. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

She wrapped her arms around June, who was crying so hard that Ivy almost couldn’t hear Dr. Somerset, and led her down the ladder. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

And the next thing I knew, I was crying, too. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The forest re-echoed; and birds lifted, crying out of the treetops, as on that first morning ages ago. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Maybeth was singing softly, one of Momma’s songs, about making her love a baby with no crying. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when he’d skin a knee or bump his head, if I was around he would not stop crying until I bestowed a magic kiss on the injury, after which he’d miraculously recover. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stayed with him until finally it occurred to me that at the end of his crying, Buck might decide to throw me off the bridge. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was so loud that he didn’t even notice Lyra crying until Alice leaned forward and picked her up. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I bet she came crying to Tom to tell me to leave her alone. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I started crying, but I pinched my arms to stop. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Are you okay?” she asked as I came through the door crying. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

He was crying but started smiling at the same time. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

I remembered crying and crying and telling him that I loved him. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

"You are not going to work! The tensions are high now!" the mom shouts back, and the little girl starts crying. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“He isn’t one of them. He spent all morning crying. I doubt he’ll be after you.” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

She just knew that she was ready to show Layla her drawing, because every time she worked on it, she ended up crying or her chest would tighten and she couldn’t get enough breath. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She boosted Jonas up into the car and then I heard the sounds—a baby crying and a man moaning. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

I stood there before the whole court, crying in an infant’s endless wail, unable to stop myself. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

They left her to her crying and finished their tea, while Dobby chatted happily about his life as a free elf and his plans for his wages. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

All the crying, fear, and loneliness had wrapped a big, heavy blanket around him and told him to rest, so he had. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

She was crying kind of dramatically every time she saw my face. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

As he wrote out the check he apologized on behalf of Mrs. Sen. He said she was resting, though when Eliot had gone to the bathroom he’d heard her crying. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know how long I had sat there crying, but after I was done, the rock was gone. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

There was nothing I could do but put my arms around her, too, so I did, and after a while I guess we were both crying. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Her lips were trembling; she looked like she might start crying. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Her chin quivers and the possibility of her crying at this exact moment fills me with rage. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

It isn’t until I see spots of wetness dotting the undershirt that I realize I’m crying. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

I hate myself for crying in front of him. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I immediately slammed the door shut, bolted it in three places, blew out the candle and then scampered to the bedroom, where my brother was still crying. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Little was so overjoyed to see him that she kept right on crying. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

It never failed; even today, with paintings crying and strangers lurking, the scent of her mom’s chicken and rice eased her mind away from all that trouble, at least for a few seconds. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t crying because of what Charlie said; I was crying because, deep down, I knew he was right. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“I feel sick, Loma,” she said, and left the room crying. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Her eyes and nose were red with crying. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Flinching or crying out was a sign of weakness and stigmatized one’s manhood. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was such tenderness and earnestness in his voice, and just like that, I thought I would start crying. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

IV Ignatius ignored his mother’s pounding on his door and crying in the hall about the fifty cents in wages that he had brought home for the day’s work. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

If we were hurt, we took it quietly; there was no crying or whimpering. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The principal walks us around the corner to where Amelia is crying. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I found myself crying in a loud voice. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I had told myself no crying on Thanksgiving, and I was determined to stick to it. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He lived for several days after he was shot, and toward the end, his wife started crying and screaming, “I want to go, too! I want to go, too!” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

And everyone is going wild, stomping and crying and lifting their hands up to the sky. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Olanna turned and looked at Ugwu in exasperation and suddenly they were both smiling at the situation: Baby was crying to be allowed to eat a lizard. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

And then I done the worst thing of all: I walked away from her and she was crying and calling out for me and I did not even look back. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

He ducks his head lower, his face in shadow, and I can’t tell if he’s crying or not. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

“The way she keeps crying and carrying on, you’d think he jumped off a cliff.” Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

In the jolt of my head I heard somebody crying. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

She tried to talk to him once, to see how he was, but ever since the crying incident at his house, he avoided her like she was covered in boils. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I think she expected me to cry, but I didn’t feel like crying. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

My brothers were pleading with my mother to take their pet chicks with them, and my cousin’s wife was in the kitchen crying. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

At first the angry insistence of her crying had filled the house, but she had come to be quiet, sucking feebly at whatever was put into her mouth and never lifting up her voice. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

And them’s just the words, the voices talking and moaning and singing and crying. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Despite signing up for the show herself, Priscilla goes into freak-out mode, locking herself in a bathroom stall and crying herself silly. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

She probably thinks I’m looking down because I’m crying. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“I actually said that to him, that I wished he were dead. “When he brought me home, my mother threw her arms around me and she was crying too. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

My extended family is here, too—crying cousins, tearful aunts, stoic uncles. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“I’m not crying”—she jerked her jacket out of his hands—“I’m yelling!” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

But there were the butcher priests, too, performing divination of animal entrails, and the Doomsayers on their stilts, crying End Times from behind their skeleton masks. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

It had all come to this: she was on her face before the altar, crying to God for mercy. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Mr. Ray must’ve noticed me crying, because he asked the doctor if he could step out with him for a second to talk about rehab stuff. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She burst out crying, then all of a sudden threw her head back and went to laughing! Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

At night, Naomi heard their noises through the bedroom wall and her mother crying afterwards. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

People say it’s the wife, Solomon’s wife, crying. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Below my ankles, the tissues were crying for rest and comfort, so I placed the wagon at the curb and seated myself. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mom was crying, begging, and pleading; asking for more time as if she were gasping for a last breath of air. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

She didn’t want her cousin to start crying. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was holding little Junha, who was crying, while Junsoo was running around picking up items on the ground and bringing them to his mother. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

The third night that I wake to her crying, my guilt gets the better of me. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“Yes, yes, the living room. And if I were you, incidentally, I’d go look in there for a second. She’s crying. Or was when I left.” Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

But there’s no pill, and our quarrels fray instead of knot, always ending in him crying and me soriy for hurting him over something he can’t help. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

A badger, an owl, and a baboon were all just as intent to pin Pantalaimon down, and Lyra was crying to them: “Why? Why are you doing this? Help us! You shouldn’t be helping them!” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I asked, hiccuping from so much crying, but Uncle Abdullah ignored my question. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Well, you better be sorry for hitting me, but you don’t have to feel bad about crying.” The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

It’s bad enough that I heard Mom crying again last night. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Stick burst forward and grabbed one of the white men, pulling him off a gray-haired woman who dropped, crying, to the ground. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Klauson was crying, her husband saying something over and over in a calm, steady voice. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

He was crying, reader, because he had been forgiven. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

A lot of people were crying, and Ashley began weeping again. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

I looked out at the congregation, and everyone was crying, including my mom. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

What was I to do with this crying woman? Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“You stop that noise,” my mother said; and she caught my arms in so tight a grip of fury that my crying ceased because of the pain. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt like crying for no good reason. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“When the family just disappeared, I went to her friends and begged them to tell me where she went. God, it was pitiful. I was crying on Sarah Bishop’s front doorstep, for Christ’s sake.” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

The women sniff again but now it’s because Mam is crying. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

A few girls started crying, like those few girls will always do. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

A girl in the class edged out of her chair to get a closer look and asked Hollander if she was crying. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

The expectant mother, quite young, with tawdry lipstick, was crying and clinging to the young recruit. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

She paced the floor, crying and tearing her clothes. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

The moonlight shone through the window, and if anyone had looked into the Baudelaire orphans’ bedroom, they would have seen three children crying quietly all night long. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

The kid had snot running down his face and was crying in a whiny, tired way. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

George and my sisters began crying, sensing that the time had finally come for us to be parted. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I walk back to class, I can’t stop thinking about how seeing her crying in the bathroom is kind of like seeing a fish flopping on dry land. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Mascara’s smudged all around her eyes like she’s been crying all night. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

And then we were crying, even me, who didn’t know Kerry all that well. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I guess the most amazing thing about crying though is that when you’re in it, you think it’ll go on forever but it never really lasts half what you think. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Hugo had seen men and women locked up in there, and a few times he had even seen boys no older than himself in the cell, their eyes red from crying. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

“Her eyes, Clay, they never looked away. She just kept looking, straight into my eyes, and started crying. She just stared at me and tears began streaming down her face.” Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Dad kept telling me to hurry up and get dressed, which just stressed me out even more, and suddenly I started crying. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

I knew I was crying, but I didn’t know why because I wasn’t the kind of guy who cried, and I thought that maybe it was someone else who was crying. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

The last good look I had at Mary Hudson, she was over near third base crying. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

He heard Frodo’s voice, but it seemed to come from a great distance, or from under the earth, crying out strange words. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Her eyes were red from crying, but she did her best to make herself beautiful. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I didn’t notice she was crying until she sniffled and wiped her nose with a crumpled tissue she produced from her pocket. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Last week, the sugar and butter had filled Miss Celia’s whole house with the smell of Christmas even though it was the crying shame of June. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“Come on, keep moving, else you’ll freeze,” she said, for some of the children were shivering and moaning from the cold, and their daemons were crying too in high thin voices. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

He was a very nice man because when my mom started crying, he said that it was a very bad accident, and my Aunt Helen was definitely killed instantly. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

"You crying? Are you crying?" he asks, as if he can't believe his eyes. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He’s the one who found me, crying and bleeding and screaming to God. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Mom and many of the women, I was told, lined the streets crying as the trucks holding the tired old animals went by. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Dad sniffs and I don’t want to hear him crying again so I have to be like the Fox Five News lady and fill up the silence. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sat down on the rough mattress near the trouser cuffs, and when dark spots formed on the doth he saw that he was crying. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Across the prairies, through the woods, over the brown water of the creek, there was a sound of crying. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Matt couldn’t help crying, even though he knew it was a babyish thing to do. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted to touch her so bad, pull her into his arms, make her stop crying. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Not much to idealize when you know your aunt is crying herself to sleep next door and nothing can be done. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Eventually, they dragged me out flailing and crying and took me back to what they called “home.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

For a time, I just sat with her, holding her head and crying silently. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Someone was wailing and crying, but it wasn’t Lyra; someone else a long way off was shouting, a woman’s voice, incoherent with rage and helplessness. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

You can hear people in the background screaming and crying. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“She’s not mad. She just didn’t want us to see her start crying.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Turner sidled his front leg a little to the right and watched the ball come, hearing again the crying gulls and the cresting waves. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

It had been painful to sit and watch my mother crying and my father laughing and I was glad when we were outside in the sunny streets. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She unlocked the door and Luke sat on the couch, holding both of the crying boys. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He was always crying and screaming and kicking and punching. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Would they come with him and render assistance to his friends, many of whom were lying trapped beneath the cart, crying out for help? Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want anyone to know I was crying,” I said. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I promised I would and left quick before she got to crying. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She is crying with a genuine feeling and he says, “Promise! Promise! Honey-sweetheart, my promise is as good as gold.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

For some reason the silence made me start crying again. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

But she was in pain and she kept crying, “Mother.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

One woman in a nightgown walked by, carrying her crying baby by its legs as if it were a dead chicken. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wrung my hand, and taking up his hat, went straight out of the room without looking back, without a tear or a quiver or a pause; and I am crying like a baby. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

As he starts to turn the pages, he feels like crying, but he doesn’t know why. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

After a bit, to keep the children in her truck from crying, Gitl began to sing. to quiet them, then several children’s songs. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You don’t know that for sure. And for crying out loud, don’t you know what perdition means?” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

They gave me a tongue; and then stopped it up, so they would not have to hear it crying. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The king, it seemed, was intent on crying himself a river. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Mi niña, mi niña,” Mami yells, laughing and crying at the same time. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

He was a senior, for crying out loud. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I realize that tears are flooding my eyes, but I'm not crying. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Then Miss Love flung herself face down on the daybed and went to crying. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Hurrying, dragging, falling, crying, calling out names hopefully and hopelessly. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

The distant gramophone stuck now, suddenly, on a grinding, wailing, sardonic trumpet-note; this blind, ugly crying swelled the moment and filled the room. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

For the first time since the swing set, I started crying. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Like breathing and swallowing, crying comes automatically to most kids, too. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

And I was still mad and crying when we ran out for warmups. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Can’t go no more, Mister White Man, unless I get my quarter,” he said in a tone that sounded like crying. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he asked me to leave him alone, and I walked out and left him there, crying, and went to my room. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“I started crying. Worse than that—Mama cried. And there was nothing that either of us could do except go home. And I never did get any candy.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“I understand, mija. But crying can help sometimes. The tango is also a dance. Women and men embrace each other and they dance all night, as if time didn’t exist.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

I go upstairs and lie down on my bed, surprised that I’m still crying, surprised that I have any tears left. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I wait, and after a moment she begins crying—soft, ladylike tears that make her eyes pretty and bright. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

He was not fond of Stuart and it didn’t bother him at all that Stuart was all wrapped up in a window shade, crying and hurt and unable to get out. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

She could hear the shrieks of the Undying as they burned, their high thin papery voices crying out in tongues long dead. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Mam is crying, Jesus, I nearly lost him. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I was crying again, and the last person in the world I wanted to see me crying was Naomi. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

As we approached the house, I could hear someone crying inside. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Larry was tearing me up, I was crying even before the first rinse cycle was done and he finally let me go. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a minute or two, Jule looked over and saw that he was crying. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“But I did see that they put the lady cop who shot you in the back of a police car. She was crying.” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

I looked at Rowdy and he was crying hard now. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Abby pulled herself up and into the car and drove north in a daze, not even crying. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think I can hear Evie crying, but when I go through to check on her, she’s sleeping deeply, her blanket clutched tightly between closed fists. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would still be standing there crying and waving to nothing if Brother Khoi hadn’t come to take my hand. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

“I just want to feel like I’ve actually left the old faction. Stop crying about it.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The others in the middle of the desert watched her crying grow very loud as her face squeezed itself out of shape. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she began crying again and Ben made an awkward gesture to comfort her. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Corcoran stopped crying instantly, in mid-sob; he held the baby high in the air and looked up at it adoringly. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

His face is as red as mine feels, but he’s not crying—he just looks embarrassed. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

If you had asked me this morning who would end up crying in the bathroom later today, I would have definitely said me. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I tried to explain, but Daddy made me put Betty Jean on the phone, but then she started crying, so I had to get back on the phone and tell him what had happened. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I clenched my hat and teeth to keep from crying out. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Her eyes glistened, like she’d been crying, and all the way home on my bike I wondered if Mr. DiAngelo suspected me of something. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

A small moan escaped from Poppy's mouth when he saw her through the iron bars, but he wasn't crying. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

A lot of people in the room were crying. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t answer; I was too busy crying. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

She heard herself crying, her sobbing louder and louder until Baby stirred and he placed his palm against her mouth. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

One song made me cry, and I saw others crying, too, as they tossed their coins in the musicians’ hat. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

From his red, hugely swollen eyes it was obvious he’d been crying for hours. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

She swept me in her arms and before I knew it she was crying on my shoulder. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I nod, even though I have no clue as to why I’m hiding here crying about it. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

She ran and leaped into the water, crying, “Husband, dearest!”—and then oh, wonder, instead of sinking into the waves she was flying over them. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The area around my eyes looks inflamed, a typical outcome of crying when you have sensitive skin. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

One day she was crying in the hallway. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Celia turned and saw me there; she was still crying, but harder than before. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

If he hadn’t witnessed it himself, Luke never would have guessed that Jen’s dad had been crying only moments before. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

Give them some privacy, for crying out loud. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

I shot them on their feet and watched them suffer for an entire day before finally shooting them in the head so that they would stop crying. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I imagined him in his crate, crying against the bars, someone lifting him out only to chop off a finger. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

And then I started crying because it suddenly hit me that they were all leaving. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

I thought if I even got up I might start crying or something. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

She is crying again, the hard and ugly kind, and I’m ready to promise her anything as long as she stops. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“I was there. You were crying. You wanted a son.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I heard the sound of blows, shouting, a child crying out. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

When my mom came to pick me up, she found me crying behind the Dumpster in the play yard. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Clayton didn’t know if he meant quit crying or quit rubbing his wrists. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

When she arrived home, Mama was outside rocking Akira, who was crying. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Well, you have been crying, Miss Jane Eyre; can you tell me what about? Have you any pain?” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

There was no way I could be crying into a tub of ice cream at home. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

At last I stopped crying, dressed, and combed my hair. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Women were sitting with babies on their laps, standing with babies on their hips, and their chatter mixed with crying. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

When the boat pulls up to the dock, that baby is crying so loudly, Mrs. Mattaman can probably hear him on Alcatraz. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thorn collapsed to the ground, tears falling down her face as Valley and Seven held on tight to her, crying as well. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

It left me and all the other children trembling, coughing, and crying for warmth, our noses red. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

She was sitting at the kitchen table, crying—a slightly exaggerated crying which seemed to make our relationship even more artificial. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

“It’s a crying shame, takin’ him around like a circus freak.” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tab spent the next ten minutes crying on the kitchen floor while the Stove Top burned. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

I did not know I had been crying. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I can’t seem to get through a day without crying,” she says with a look of puzzlement. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could hear children whimpering and somewhere, off to her left, a woman was crying. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

But as if Archie was trying to bargain with the kid, asking, for crying out loud. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was crying in her arms while I was thinking all this. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

But Fawkes’s perch stood empty, he was still crying his lament to the grounds. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

They were all crying together; and, intoxicated by the noise, the unanimity, the sense of rhythmical atonement, they might, it seemed, have gone on for hours—almost indefinitely. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I heard someone getting licked pretty good inside there, and lots of crying. After some more licking, he cried, ‘Mama, Lord have mercy. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

I expected to find Fern tummy-down, spread out on the bed and fast asleep after a bout of crying. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

I’m like that, except with crying, and I have no intention of crying in front of the cute girl whose headphones I just broke. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Moss turned back to the crowd and could make out a number of people crying. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Matt was trembling and afraid he’d lose control and start crying too. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sandy’s crying now, and I don’t know if it’s because of me, or if it’s because of everything else in this world that’s unfair and hateful. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

The girl looks at me again, not crying, not smiling, just blank as ever. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

I couldn't understand why I was crying so hard. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

The release is foreign and familiar, like crying, but without the pain. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I found myself crying after a while, and I thought that might be bad for my eye, and I forced myself to stop. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

The boy was crying and calling Sounder’s name. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Lyddie told the whole story, nearly crying again in her rage, she realized suddenly that Diana was shaking with laughter. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

When we arrived, my aunt was crying loudly, her face contorted with grief. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

I sneak a glance at her through the window—and she’s definitely not crying. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Joon stops crying and watches my mouth make the strange words. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Koffi was still at his side, still crying, but he couldn’t move. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Toby opened the door, half expecting her to be crying. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

In the beginning old Grandma and Robert stayed away from him, except to say “Good morning” or “Good night”; the sickness and his crying overwhelmed them. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve caught a couple kids crying about it, actually someone probably caught me more then once. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

If I talked about my mother, I was going to start crying like a little kid. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

‘Oh, Leo . She really did burst into tears then. She grabbed him and hugged him, which was sweet until Frank started crying too and wrapped them both in his arms. That got a little weird. ‘ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I turn around to see if they’ve stopped staring when I notice a dark man in the back crying quietly into a cloth handkerchief. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He got up and put it in the table drawer where all those old Popular Mechanics books were, and when he turned around, his eyes looked like he was going to start crying. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Hate thinking about her there, laughing with those girls like she never sat on a rug with me in the corner of the library crying about our favorite sad part in a book. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

The voice she was hearing was surely crying out for help. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

She was crying silently as we left the school, and I found myself without words. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

He spun the bottle, and it turned, with the neck flashing, and suddenly 1 could hear Quendy crying, and then I saw the bottle land on Violet. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

In Princeton, New Jersey, operators responded to screaming and crying callers. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Okay, you’re right. Your dad told me not to cry this morning and here I am, crying.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

She’d stopped crying, but I could tell she was fighting to speak. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

To the flight attendant and to the crying baby whose ears hurt. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. I gave Brandy a present, and...I ended up crying, and they made fun of me.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Stunned by the blows, the old man was crying: “Meir, my little Meir! Don’t you recognize me ... You’re killing your father... I have bread . . . for you too . .. for you too . . .” He collapsed. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My wife called me a day ago hysterically crying, and told me to come up to New York.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

“The old story. A sailor passing by the coast of Ephesos heard a voice crying from the shore, ‘Tell them the great god Pan is dead.’” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Unable to stop crying, she finally stood and slowly made her way out of the courtroom. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

She wasn’t crying, but they seemed to hang a little lower than normal. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

A ballad seller was working his way through the crowd, crying out his wares. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

Though it sounded more like For crying out loud, Luna, let’s get out of here. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Five o’clock would come round and she’d be hanging on my Dr. Scholl shoe, dragging over the floor, crying like I weren’t never coming back. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

All the animals followed, crying out at the tops of their voices. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Sitting alone in the dark, his leg aching, some mosquitos finding him again, he started crying. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t understand what she was saying, but I could see her eyes were moist and she was biting her lips to keep from crying. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

The tone of my voice makes Malia stop crying for a minute, and she lifts her head off Mom’s shoulder to look at me. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Some of my tías are crying, which probably has little to do with me and everything to do with Olga. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

A beggar woman crying for money to bury her dead baby. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

More often than not, someone ends up crying. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

My dad had to take me out of the theater because—yet again!—I couldn’t stop crying. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

I make sure that the sound of my crying doesn’t wake Tess and the boy. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

I put my arms around you, but you kept crying her name. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I’m afraid to look up because then we’ll both be crying on the train. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

All night, as they had toiled, Taran had heard the movements of warriors in the clearing, the voice of Morgant crying harsh, urgent commands. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

His shoulders slumped, and he looked like he might start crying again. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

With babies it’s easy not to pay them no mind ’cause crying’s just like talking for a baby. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

She would have gone on crying if her daughter hadn’t forced her to get dressed, forget about herself, and look for help, even if it meant she had to steal from her father’s household budget. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

We stood there listening and could hear Newcharlie crying all the way down the stairs. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

She did not return to school that afternoon, but spent the afternoon on her bed crying with rage and trying to understand the terrible information she had received from Calpurnia. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

My face hot with rage, I ran into the living room crying, yelling how much I hated him. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

‘I have been too busy with this and that to heed all the crying and shouting,’ she answered. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

I gathered up my bag and ran along the creek toward the bridge, hardly aware I was crying. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was nearly crying by the time the car arrived. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

When he entered the auditorium he heard faint crying. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Because I think I’ll be crying about you for the rest of my life. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Lying there I listen carefully to the sounds that wrap round me like a shawl—the laughings, the cryings, the songs, the prayers of the many voices of the people bunched so close. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

Now I feel like crying, but I don’t let myself. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

He took a deep breath to keep from crying in front of Rita. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

He was under the hedge, crouched down, crying. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

“She comes home from school every day crying.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“As soon as we smelled the smoke, we dashed out the door,” Mae said, and I couldn’t tell if she was laughing or crying. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

They moved me to uncontrollable fits of laughing and crying. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I just can’t falter, because it must be deep enough that he bleeds out quickly, without crying out. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I could hear her because my room was directly above the living room and because I had never heard crying that loud before. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

It's like I blanked out or something, and the nurse is giving me this cup of water, and the weird thing is she's crying. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

She said, “I knowed it. Don’t seem like a haint or a dream would be fainting and crying much as you do. ’ Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

I remember clinging to her legs, wondering why everyone was crying. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was practically crying, but there was no way I was going to cry in front of a gay guy, even if he was my friend. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know I was crying until I felt the tears roll down my cheeks. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

We fought four hard rounds, stabbing, slugging, grunting, spitting, cursing, crying, bleeding. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he fell skinning the cat on the monkey bars, it was Mia he ran crying for, and Mia who dabbed the gash on his temple with iodine and stuck a bandage across it. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

They were all crying, and that was good. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

By then her eyes were red and raw from crying, and she felt as if she might faint. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I'm shouting, my arms whirling with gesticulations, and I don't even notice until I run out of important questions that Tiny is crying. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

I didn’t realize how long I had been at the cemetery until after I had stopped crying. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

This she recalled clearly: as the policemen pulled her away from the house, she could hear her child crying from behind the locked front door. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He was crying and screaming as he ran. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m crying and the cool morning air chills the tears on my face. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Hitting the wall with my fists and crying at the top of my lungs, I knew I should do something to help him. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

“I came to your room to show you something, and I heard you crying, and I didn’t mean to hear it.” Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I thought to myself, “Why is everyone crying?” The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I could hear yelling and crying from the people outside who couldn’t get on. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

When they begun to get it filled up toward the top Mother started crying sure enough, so Uncle Maury got in with her and drove off. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mam says I shouldn’t be crying, it’s bad for the eyes. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

That part wants to break down, crying and begging, to say I’m sorry for everything. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The hippocampus made a neighing sound I could’ve sworn was crying. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to fight with her because I heard her crying in their bedroom last night. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I waved my arms and started crying harder. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

We were playing Operation, only we couldn’t play it in the quilt fort because Erlan’s sister Ainyr was in there crying. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

He's still crying, tears flowing faster as I demand answers. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Slowly the crying stopped but the little mouth remained open, showing pink gums, and the round eyes scrunched up and peered at her. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

After I’d finished crying, June waited for me to say something else. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The little boy was crying, her hold on him so tight her fingers puckered his pink skin. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Montag, lying there, eyes gritted shut with dust, a fine wet cement of dust in his now shut mouth, gasping and crying, now thought again, I remember, I remember, I remember something else. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lauren was still crying and Maya didn’t want to hurt her sister any more. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He is crying so hard that he struggles for breath. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Father had his head down on the table, and he was crying. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was breathing really fast, and when she finally pulled her keys out I could see she was crying. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“We’ll get something better soon,” Odenigbo said, and she nodded and did not tell him that she was not crying about their room. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

A boy to my side was crying fitfully and telling me between gasps how they didn’t mean to stay on him as long as they did. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Calm down, Miss Phelan,” she’d said, “this is hardly going to be a bestseller,” but I just kept crying while she fed me the details. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

For the rest of the week, I'm the one stealing glances at Edie, trying to detect any hint of the girl I saw crying in the bathroom. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

He wanted to shake her, to stop the crying, and that way of speaking to Mr Hooper. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

I prayed I could answer the attorney’s questions without becoming angry and without crying. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

My declaration to end our forty-eight-hour estrangement didn't slow down my dad's crying, but I could tell his emotions had taken on a different form. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

She was afraid she would start crying if she didn’t hang on to something, and Maya wanted to remember every single word of this conversation. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Lisa tried to help me go to sleep, but I just started crying that I wanted to go home. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

There is always one agenda swallowing another, a squeaky wheel crying out. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had ceased crying and lay with its eyes tightly shut He looked at his wife and she looked back at him. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

I have seen him whip a woman, causing the blood to run half an hour at the time; and this, too, in the midst of her crying children, pleading for their mother’s release. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 1845-05-01T00:00:00Z

They died crying for me, but I couldn’t help them.” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the crying that brought it on then, the crying that brought it on now. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

They’d be excited, shouting and laughing and crying, packing up their belongings, and surging through the streets. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Mid-February TiTi Waves Good-bye My best friend TiTi is crying hard, snotting the hem of her pink fluffy blouse. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

He was crying and walking in circles as if he’d lost his direction. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

After she calmed down a little, she was able to tell me the story, but I think I missed some bits and pieces because of the crying. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Early one morning I heard Lucy crying in the master bedroom. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

But I felt a little better that she had stopped crying. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t care if you’re scared!” she cried, and now she really was crying again. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

They were standing silently by the door, holding hands, some of them crying. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

When it was over, I hugged my sister, who smelled like Oreos, the saltiness of tears, and hot, crying breath. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Then I think about her crying as she makes a sandwich for her faraway, difficult daughter who doesn’t talk to her. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Side note: I for real hate when people apologize for crying. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Her crying slowed and seeing a way out of a beating she listened close. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, I wake up in the middle of the night crying out. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

With Zu still crying in the backseat and me having no idea where we had been headed in the first place, to say I was relieved was an understatement. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

By the time I walked in the front door, I was crying so much that my sister stopped watching television to talk to me. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

On the morning of Rachel’s birthday I found Mother out in the kitchen house with her head in her hands, crying. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fiona apologizes for crying, then hugs me and tells me how glad she is I’m alive. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

“They remembered seeing a little girl standing on the side of the road, crying.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

She was in fact crying now, but in a very local sort of way, as it were; there were tears but no sounds. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

A woman’s leg has been broken, and she’s crying in pain. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we finally got across it, both of us were crying. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

She insists I lay on my back for three years crying for Leah to stay close and play with me, until finally one day without prelude I rolled off the couch and limped after her. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it wasn’t because of the fire she was crying. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

She was still calling and crying, choking water, alarmed. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Coming home from Rio San Juan, she had finally told him, crying as she did, that she could not continue with their marriage. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We jumped from the bed, the twins crying, Mam moaning, Oh,Jesus, will we have no rest! Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

And I saw my little brother, crying so hard as my auntie held onto his hand. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then her head came into my lap and she was crying, holding me, and I began to cry. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Biting my lips to keep from crying, I pick up my pine knot and return to the road and the dawn. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

On Monday, the day I'm supposed to talk to the detectives, I'm crying out of nowhere, hunched over my bed as the iron in my hand spits out steam. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

I ran into my mother's arms, shaking and crying, and this time I was the one who thought, If this is the worst that happens... The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

No one seemed to notice I was crying, except the girl with blocks, who marched over to me. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

She called me at the office this afternoon, crying. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

You let them go wanting, sit on road shoulders, crying next to their dead mothers. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was no longer crying, but I could see the truth of things in her eyes. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He was angry with himself for crying, and later, as he recounted the story of what had happened to him, he spoke in a detached voice. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I learned early that crying out in protest could accomplish things. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

His face had been struggling to stay calm as he listened to me, but now he was crying but trying to control himself. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sat on the floor of a train squashed between crying people, shouting people, praying people. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

My pups followed me on every trip, whimpering and crying, tumbling and falling over sticks and rocks. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was not a lot of talking, but a lot of crying. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

There’s no crying, but I hear her put her face in her hands. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Dear Diary, I feel like crying and running out of this house and never returning. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The water out there was too deep for me to swim back, and I started crying. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Rocky had been staring at him, but with the mention of Christmas he started crying and kicking the leg of the table. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Papa was crying, too, as he carried Jaja in his arms like a baby all the way to the car. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I’m crying and feeling the warm glow of satisfaction from a happy ending. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

He’s crying so hard, his whole body shakes. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

She can reach out, touch my wrist, and say, “Timmy, stop crying.” The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

But through the crack under the door, I can hear her crying, too. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Me too,” he said after a minute, and I didn’t need to look back to know that he was crying, too. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She sees Trade, crying and staring at her with hate in her eyes. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Indeed, it was not impossible that Miss Kenton, at that very moment, and only a few feet from me, was actually crying. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Frederick hurries the volumes back inside their slipcovers; he calls, “Mother?” and a woman wearing a green ski suit with white stripes down the legs enters crying, “Fredde! Fredde!” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Really, I am writing to keep myself from crying. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was going to be the start of a real crying jag, I had the feeling, for a girl whose only hopes for the year were a sweet-sixteen party and a pink mohair twin set. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

How does someone go from smiling to crying? Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I heard Ma on her cell phone, crying, telling Auntie Rita he might have to go to the hospital. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

“I’m not crying. Except for the awful thing you’ve gotten into.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

The room was dark again, with starlight in the windows and the sounds of a baby crying, and farther away, the barking of a lonely dog. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I quickly wiped it away, pretending I’d be embarrassed if the other guys had seen I was crying. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

One mouth closed on a spoon meant two crying empty, feathers flying, so I dashed back and forth like a mother bird, flouting nature’s maw with a brood too large. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

My poor little girl burst out crying, frightened by the terror in my voice. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Somewhere down there a hungry child was crying for milk. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

That man has a way of making the cello sound like a crying woman one minute, a laughing child the next. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Don’t really know what to say about that, except that I start crying for no real reason sometimes. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

All around me the people move like a herd of cows in a stampede, yelling and crying out family members’ names. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now Helena is crying too hard to answer. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He’s completely covered in clay except for the streaks on his cheeks from crying and the hellfire green eyes that are drilling into me. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“You will become blind and live in a corner forever if you keep on crying,” she warned as she slammed her eyes shut for a moment to show me blindness. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

Judging by how puffy and red his eyes are, Dad’s been crying, too. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

I told Sam that I dreamt that she and I were naked on the sofa, and I started crying because I felt bad, and do you know what she did? The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

I wonder if it is one of the crying showers. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

She felt like crying—after coming all this way, after flying to see the owl, to be turned back so abruptly at the end. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Knows that crying would be the worst thing in the world to admit to. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

I remember David telling me that when I was a baby, he would rock the cradle if I was crying. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

The fluorescent grocery-store lights, all the shoppers and their carts, the crying babies, the Christmas music—it would be too much if I didn't know exactly what to buy. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

It’s nice to have people who will feel guilty for you, although I could have lived without my mom crying during every single family dinner. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

It takes a long time to stop crying. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

“Calculators. As long as you have a calculator, you’ll be OK. Trust me, math is not worth crying about.” Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

Then he cleared his throat and raised his head up and asked me how, and I stared right back at him, crying and smiling at the same time. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

That's when I notice that some of the nurses are crying and looking at me strange and all of a sudden I just go nuts. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

She was trying to keep from crying, from screaming, from grabbing her secrets and running home. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She was the best teacher I ever had, and she was crying a little, so I walked off before she could hug me or anything. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I never really expected to see such a thing in my life, but that’s what he’s doing: He’s sitting there and crying and pretending he’s not, as he keeps holding up the newspaper. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

As soon as everyone was gone, Mom turned to me and I just fell against her, crying and releasing all of the tension and uncertainty of the last few weeks. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were other kids in the library but I couldn’t stop crying. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

She heard him crying out to the birds as they rose higher, like ten thousand hot sparkles, so many red-yellow fireworks in the heavens, tugging the canopy like a flower petal, burning through the wind. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

P. T. was left crying piteously on the other side. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

I’m crying and carrying a journal full of six-word memoirs—not cool. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

She felt like crying, except that no one else was crying and she didn’t want to cry alone. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Sheryl has stopped crying, but her toe is bruised and swelling up. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

After Mary Elizabeth dropped me off, I went into the house and found my sister crying in the basement. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

The crying and clashing of the harmonies were an obsession in the melted bowels. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then I said, “I think I’m crying because I’m happy.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

“That son,” she said, “that Roy. You going to weep for many a eternity before you see him crying in front of the altar like Johnny was crying tonight.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

The little girl is back by the door, staring at us, wondering why we were crying. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The crying girl whimpered and wept, but when Hot Pie offered her a bit of goose she gobbled it down and looked for more. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Other kids give him a hard time because heaven forbid if you’re a boy and you have a habit of crying when you’re sad. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

There were just the two sounds in the room, the falling rain and Mrs. Danvers crying. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t make out exactly what was happening, but he was holding something in front of him that looked like a bottle, and I think she was crying. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I earnestly expressed my hope that he wouldn’t, and held tighter to the tombstone on which he had put me; partly, to keep myself upon it; partly, to keep myself from crying. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

I should’ve been in my room right then crying my eyeballs out, and here I was having the stupidest conversation of my life. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pouted, on the verge of crying again. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

But there was no sound of crying, none of singing. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I put the photo in its spot, next to the old one of me crying. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Yes. Mrs. Watson was on the sofa, sleeping. The baby was in the carry-cot and was crying—screaming, actually, red in the face, she’d obviously been crying for a while.” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Both of us not saying anything, just crying into the telephone. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

I hear my mother crying and I want to tell her I’m sorry but why should I after what she did with Laman Griffin. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

She was hesitating when they heard the approach of a truck and watched as the other women who were crying over the dead began to scatter. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Up from the dark plain below came the crying of fell voices, and the howling of many wolves . The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“I’m sure you probably think I’m nuts sitting here crying over a lake. I know it’s not a person. It’s not Stan. It’s just that were so careless, and...and...” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

We follow Baba past crying babies and toddlers, past mothers with bundles and bags. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

A woman, crying loudly, pushes her way to the front of the crowd. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her face is red and puffy from crying. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I could hear that he was crying because his breath sounded all bubbly and wet, like it does when someone has a cold and they have lots of snot in their nose. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

My ears became warm and tears were running down my cheeks, even though I wasn’t crying. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

But now that he really had something to cry about, he stopped crying. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

I rushed back into the house, into our bedroom, threw open the closet, yanked my black dress off its hanger, ripping the right sleeve, waking Jaimito with my piteous crying. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sank to my knees, crying, “Friend! Friend!” Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t want her mother to know she had been crying. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I couldn’t untie the rope without her crying out and alerting them. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I heard babies crying and women crying and I couldn’t turn my head around to see. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

A dim glow emanated from a curtained window, and from within they heard a baby crying. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Then Éowyn bade those that served to fill the cups, and all there assembled rose and drank to the new king, crying: ‘Hail, Éomer, King of the Mark!’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

And that’s why I refused to go into her room, why I started crying and ran to the elevators, and why I said I would never go back. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t think on Friday night, because Smell Factor was crying and running around the house throwing things. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t have any friends,” Grace said, and now she was crying again. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t crying the night of the party, but I can barely hold it back now. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

“They were shaking all over! They kept calling me to help them, and I couldn’t! They kept crying. They didn’t even know what happened to them!” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was close enough now that I was sure he could see I'd been crying. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

About halfway home I got ashamed of myself for crying and stopped; and by the time I reached the tavern I’d got my eyes back to normal and nobody noticed. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mats and dirty wrappers were spread all over the platform and people were crumpled down on them, men and women and children crying and eating bread and tending wounds. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

His thoughts were interrupted by Sticky’s nervous voice crying out: “Sticky Washington!” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I bit my lip to keep from crying. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I have only been to the churchyard,” said I, from my stool, crying and rubbing myself. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

And all of a sudden, while looking at the armless lady, Aurelia just started crying. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

And when I say I started to cry, I don’t mean a few tears rolling down my cheeks—I mean like, full-scale, snot-filled crying. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

"Stop crying. I'm not going to hurt you." Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Then Théoden was aware of him, and would not wait for his onset, but crying to Snowmane he charged headlong to greet him. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

There was no real conversation with any visitors, just crying. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

We walk past the spot where I always stand waiting for Khalid, where Sandy caught me crying just the other day. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

I wonder if my mom and dad have been hiding their pain from me, crying every night while my bedroom door is closed. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

As Lupita watched, she put her hand to her chest and sank to her knees, crying out softly. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

There has been packing and Dadi trying to hide her crying and lots of stern explaining from Papa. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I have the same feeling I get right before I start crying. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

The little girls singing, the older boys laughing, the babies crying, and the two of us moving through it all. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

They felt immense on his cheeks, as if somehow he were crying harder than was humanly possible. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Olive shouted, and then she ran crying to Bronwyn and buried her face in her coat. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

He was so astonished that Lyra stopped crying at once to see what was happening, and that made Malcolm laugh, and that made Lyra laugh too, her eyes brilliant with tears. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

She turned to look at me, and I saw her eyes were red and swollen with crying, even as mine were, and there were dark shadows in her white face. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

When we got up to the bedroom, the baby was crying. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s just about the saddest story I’ve ever read, and I have to wipe my eyes quickly so that the librarian doesn’t ask me why I’m crying. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I knew she was frightened for us, because even with as much crying as she had done over Papá the last few months I could tell this crying was different. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Despite all that confusion, the noise of hostile fire, the sound of men crying out as they were hit by shrapnel and bullets, we kept pushing forward. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Laughing doesn’t make bad things worse any more than crying makes them better. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

A few minutes ago I’d been crying on the floor like a kindergarten baby and now I was looking in the mirror laughing. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The darkness and silence of the church pressed on him, cold as judgment, and the voices crying from the window might have been crying from another world. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Screaming or praying or crying out those last words. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I held her close against me and could feel her heart beating and her lips opened and her head went back against my hand and then she was crying on my shoulder. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

All around me are the cherubim, seraphim, continually crying “Holy, holy, holy,” the angels, archangels, that sort of thing. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

The kids had stopped crying, and now she felt their collective attention turn toward the empty waters around them. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Her forehead beaded with perspiration and she doubled over, crying with pain. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

When it was worse than bedsprings, when it was shouting or crying, they'd huddle together, all five of them, on Eleanor's bed. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I was crying because I was exceedingly tired and it was time to get rest. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

After Dad told me the children’s names, I started crying. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

When we got back to the top again, Irene was crying, and she said, “I’m really sorry, Cam. I’m sorry. I don’t know what else to say.” The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

“You were hoarse with crying when you washed up here. You cawed over and over. So I called you Crow.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

And Marcus stood in the kitchen staring at the floor, and when everybody started talking at once to him, he started crying. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a long while, I just stood in the hall and listened to her crying and thought, what if Pretty Boy hadn’t woken up? The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, when Mother made a fresh batch of iced tea for dinner, I almost started crying. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Four more then had to be released because of “extreme emotional depression, crying, rage, and acute anxiety.” The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I can keep breathing, I can stop crying. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The Doctor was standing on the steps, and about him were a group of women all crying. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Stop crying,” I said, but although she habitually followed me around, she did not obey. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tears flow easily from both of us, and I know we’re both crying for a lot of reasons. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I sensed that my father did not need to be bothered by a crying child. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

But even as he said this, he looked down and noticed the brown specks, and only just stopped himself crying out in alarm. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of them was crying—maybe they both were—and there was a child bawling its head off, too. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

A droplet of liquid splashed down on their hands, and Kaede realized that the Queen was crying. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Mothers stopped up their babies’ mouths so their crying would not attract the planes. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was like the Christ child lifted out of the straw manger, crying with holy indignity. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

If the head was down, they were already crying but still holding on, trying not to let anyone see them. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

By the time Henry and Vince returned, the crying had passed and there was only fear and, in spite of everything, a desperate wish to please Henry. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Lionel did as his mother told him, crying as the soldiers laughed at him, pressing the gun barrels farther and farther into his neck. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

And when she says all, I realize I am not crying just about what happened tonight, but about everything that’s ever happened in my whole entire life. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

It looked like she had been crying and hadn't slept. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“You were crying,” I told her once I figured it out. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Papito joins us, all of us crying into the empty space at the center of our family. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t crying, but his eyes were watering. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of them were crying, some were stern. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yossarian remembered suddenly why they were all crying, and he began crying too. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t say how I admired him for not crying about his father being in prison and for trying to be a normal kid. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

My third instinct is to hope—hope that this is some kind of turning point, or that her crying is some kind of sign that things will change. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The holding cell was cold, and I had to share it with this kid who kept crying and another who was picking on the crier. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

I am crying at this point and have no idea why the world has to be like this. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

She wasn’t crying, not yet, but she was moments away from falling apart, and Ophie didn’t want to be the one to break her fragile control. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Evening was advancing toward the island; the sounds of the bright fantastic birds, the bee-sounds, even the crying of the gulls that were returning to their roosts among the square rocks, were fainter. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

I’m embarrassed to admit that I was pretty inconsolable at school, crying so hard until Dad left work to visit me in the nurse’s office to see how I was doing. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He’s crying full-out—sobbing like the world has ended and Noah hasn’t landed his ark. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

Scared me half to the afterlife, but then she told me she was crying because of what I said. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

All Moss could picture was his father lying outside the store, the blood pooling behind his head, his mother crying as she held Moss back and away from his papa’s body. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Gay and Phil— my mother and my father—were crying with me. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Dad must have heard me crying because he came through the swinging door from the kitchen and was standing in the living room. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

My friend who was sitting next to me was crying. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Monique emerged from the bedroom then, lips bloody and face swollen from crying. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

May sank down onto the floor, crying and looking so hurt inside I could almost see soft, red places up under her rib bones. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He dreaded the moment when a tree started to fall over, how its wood would moan and creak as though it was crying out in agony. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

I held my breath to keep from laughing, or crying, out loud. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

He’s crying, pressing his hands against his mouth. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

I became so used to her noise—chattering, whining, pestering, laughing, crying—that my ear went on hearing it even when it stopped. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

He was crying, because the red marks of the whip on his back still hurt so terribly. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it wasn’t there: she couldn’t see— Carolina awoke afraid, goose-pimpled, and again crying. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry saw the boys’ mother waving and their sister, half laughing, half crying, running to keep up with the train until it gathered too much speed, then she fell back and waved. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

His eyes looked watery, as if he might be on the verge of crying. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Then why? She was crying and you haven’t talked in forever. I know you haven’t. Not until the night Mom and Dad went out.” Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

In the schoolyard his very prettiness caused some difficulty until it was discovered by his testers that Aron was a dogged, steady, and completely fearless fighter, particularly when he was crying. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

And Reggie's man bun came undone, and he appeared to be crying. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

If you feel like crying, think at least now we know. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

His narrow eyes were puffy with crying and as he sniffled, dozens of rings tinkled along the lobes of his ears. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I laughed a little, because if I hadn’t, I might’ve started crying. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

He stared into the livening fire, and tried to stop himself crying. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

The tears mingled easily with the cold water, in the luminous, dripping crimson of my cupped fingers, and at first I wasn’t aware that I was crying at all. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I’m not crying,” Luna said, wiping her tears away. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“We’re going to look awful tomorrow,” she says, laughing and crying both. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

I want to break something, or hit something, but I am afraid to move, so I start crying instead. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“When they hit the ground some of them were still alive and were crying out for someone to save them because their aircraft were on fire,” said armorer Olga Yerokhina. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

He pressed his lips together to keep from crying out. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I found myself crying, laughing, numb with depression, nervous and pacing, ambivalent, angry, and filled with self-loathing. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

I saw some of your teammates crying after the game. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

She stood another whole song through and then opened the screen door to look down on me crying in rage. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“All right, I have then,” said Digory in a much louder voice, like a boy who was so miserable that he didn't care who knew he had been crying. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

The crying went on, breath after breath, and seemed to sustain him upright as if he were nailed to it. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

I tried to keep busy, but I kept crying. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

He was crying so hard he was shaking. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

One day I was reading one such letter to a migrant worker named Phineas, when I was overcome with feelings and started crying. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m...I’m crying, and I ought to be stronger than that.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

He dusted himself off and stood out of the car, almost crying with rage. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Annie was sitting on the couch and had obviously been crying. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I had to work through it knot by knot, using more of the shampoo than I had ever meant to, and by the time I was finished, I was crying. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“And then prepare to fork over the dough, Michael Clark. No crying about it, either. You can’t say you weren’t warned.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Hagrid was not crying, nor did he throw himself upon their necks. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I was ready to start crying, but everyone else seemed to take their disappointment in stride. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Mr. Gitney was crying on the floor, the whine pitched high. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

And it had nothing to do with the strange crying of the wind, or the birds high up in the old store’s rafters. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She was crying, which got me worried because my sister hardly ever cries. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

I needed discipline, but my adoptive father, Herbert Dean, hated to see me crying. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

“The ones who don’t think that we’re children, crying out for a father’s strong hand.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“I wasn’t crying!” she yells, rolling her eyes, like what I’ve said is ridiculous. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I snapped and ran to my mom crying. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Being asked about it might start her crying again. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“I thought I heard something, a sound like a child crying. I thought it woke me. But maybe it was a dream. Yes, I guess it was a dream.” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I smile, but I feel like crying, remembering Papi’s marshmallow crown that Mami reminded me about when we were in hiding. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

She drops to a crouch, papers littering the floor all around her, and I think, She’s crying, but I’m not sure why, since I don’t see her shoulders shake. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

And once I started crying, I couldn’t stop. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“He was shaking, crying, sobbing. He couldn’t function. He could not talk,” Terryl says. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Plum stopped crying as the black hard stools ricocheted onto the frozen ground. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He had heard them clanging furiously for fire, crying fiercely to call out the Sons of Liberty. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why are you crying? I thought legends didn’t do that.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Some Deckers sing along and I’m sure if they were allowed to have lighters in here, they’d whip them out; some are crying, others are smiling with closed eyes, hopefully lost in good memories. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He said she looked like a weasel, which wasn't true, but they couldn't keep on calling her the crying girl after she finally stopped crying. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I ran to my mom, bleeding and crying. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“I don’t get how crying can make you so tired.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The girl who served the meal had been upset by all the crying. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

We both end up crying again, only this time we comfort each other. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

She had sat with me crying while I lay on my stomach sweating and hurting and knowing I wasn’t as bad off as I thought I was. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

She sees my tears and starts crying herself. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

For as long as I remember, crying makes Papa get either angry or just walk away. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

If she did not know her father better, she would have thought he had been crying. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

The smell of her crying spreads over us and we pretend to ignore it. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Trying to stop crying, she snuffled and blew her nose. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

He didn’t fully comprehend what was happening, and as Andrew stepped aside, Isaac started crying. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I just didn’t want Fern to start crying and pulling my arm for us to turn back to Ma Charles’s house. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Young fathers nursed cold and crying babies on their shoulders. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

When he raised his head, his big brown eye was red from crying. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

But he got up and ran limping and crying towards the bank where I lay. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes she’d wake up crying, clutching her stomach and moaning from deep inside a place I couldn’t understand. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun had set by the time they all stopped crying. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

The two embraced tightly, laughing and crying at the same time, and Sifen could not help doing the same at the pure joy of their reunion. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Okay, so I was crying on the way back. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. They didn’t see me. I left before they came back for her,” Chencho said, crying and covering his face with his hands. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

He’d heard me crying and he sat down on my bed, pulled the covers back, pushed my hair out of my face, and kissed me on the forehead. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Once again, I am crying as I tell him all about the bullying I’ve dealt with for over a year, how sad and alone I’ve felt. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Her voice shook; either she was crying, or about to start. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Nina wasn’t crying at all and she kept making gurgling noises, where these little spit bubbles popped out of her mouth. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Society was practically crying out for people who poured their heart and soul into work that was bigger than them. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He could feel Bill’s body shaking, and he was afraid that if he looked up he would see Bill crying, too. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

You see her in the Jitney 14 grocery, you never think she go and leave her baby crying in her crib like that. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

My mom’s face looks like it’s a quivering mask that’s trying to stop her from crying. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

It feels as though they are crying for me, for all that I’ve suffered. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally Mama started crying and Aunt Queen was saying stuff like, “I know, honey,” and Gerald knew he was going back home. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He found Janie sad and crying just as he had thought. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

The little babies take one look and burst out crying. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remember how she used to come home crying, but tiying to hide it, because she had lost a job that she needed so much. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother had been crying, so her face was pretty grim too. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t make herself stop crying, and Håkon stared at her with enormous, surprised eyes as she tried to get words out. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Trade silver tokens, bracelets, armbands, crosses flashed and ribbons swirled as the dancers moved in joy and excitement, crying out for another song as soon as each was done. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I’d be able to see through the keyhole or a crack in the door, and she’d be sitting at the table, crying. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

It was hard to be mad at Frank and Hazel when they were both crying. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Her eyes were hollow and dark, as if she had been crying, or missing sleep, or both. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I know I used to say I wanted to be a lawyer like Minerva, but the truth is I always burst out crying if anyone starts arguing with me. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her head is down, and when I look closer I realize she’s crying. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

I was wary of what the sight of them crying there on the sidewalk was making me begin to feel. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I started crying, but I felt even more defiant. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

The driver’s wife, now with three children crying in her lap, looked into Mother’s face and cursed. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

Sweet Man came in crying, and Ginnie Sue picked him up and let him suck some mayonnaise off her finger. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Something bumped against her leg, and she glanced down to discover the crying girl clutching her. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

It seemed to Gregor that it might be far more reasonable to leave him in peace at the moment, instead of disturbing him with crying and conversation. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

Petra, crying now, could hardly give her friend’s address and telephone number. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

I collapse to my knees, crying into my hands. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Soon there was one more crying voice, and Gabriel and I sat up on my bed and listened through the wall as Aunt Julia rambled on and on about wanting to die. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Mariam kept kicking and crying as she was carried to the car and lowered onto the cold leather of the backseat. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

He dashed up the rest of the stairs and burst through the door at the top crying out, “Hello? I’m lost! Whoever lives here, can you tell me where we are?” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

If he thinks I’m going to sit around crying over him, he’s got another thing coming. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I see her through the big window in the dining room, looking like she’s been crying or she’s about to cry, or both. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

The first time I found her crying, I warned him. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

But when I was finished with my crying, I told Doc Mom that I couldn’t go out. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

As he continued to watch, the newchild, no longer crying, moved his arms and legs in a jerking motion. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

But fading murals and crying murals were totally different flavors of weird. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

He has been crying and crying, with no relief for him or his poor parents. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“You dressed like me! You took them away! You left me crying! You lost the thread!” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

But when I thought of the urn filled with Abuela’s ashes and Aunt Tuti crying and my mom’s stone face and everyone else sniffling and rubbing their eyes, I decided not to. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Then, in order, he thought of her holding his head and his baby crying, crying with longing, wanting something and in a way feeling that he was getting it. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Biting down on her hand to keep from crying out in pain, Violet felt the place in her shoulder where she had been struck, and it was wet with blood. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

Mr. Levy didn’t feel like speaking with the crying woman again. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She started crying and when I asked her what was wrong, she raised her arm pointing at the cattle car right in front of us. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The Town Uncle was crying as the Gran put him down. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Winky did stop crying, but when she sat up she was glaring at Hermione through her massive brown eyes, her whole face sopping wet and suddenly furious. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He gave a little shudder, and I felt like crying. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Everyone will stare at me at school,” I said, suddenly crying. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Armistead jumped down, saw a boy in front of him, kneeling, crying, a row of men crouched under the far bank, an officer yelling, pounding with the flat of his sword. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I look at the other girls, one of whom has started crying quietly. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Tonks was crying silently into a handkerchief: She had been close to Mad-Eye, Harry knew, his favorite and his protégée at the Ministry of Magic. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Well, Momma, he’s just sitting there eating pancakes like nothing happened. I’d be crying my eyes out.” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

And Ola, out of everyone who was there, was the only person crying. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Though I feel like crying from relief, I keep my face carefully bland and slide another pin into her silken hair. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“I’ve been crying, too,” he said, handing me a small towel. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I should have been the one allowed to be upset, but she started crying and I felt sorry for her. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

What does she mean by “change”? Then people started crying. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

There were tears on her cheeks, but she had stopped crying. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

I must have fallen asleep after that, because I awoke to the sound of Phoebe crying in her sleep. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

“Woman, stop crying,” the man with the braided beard said curtly. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I thought I heard someone crying. Are you okay?” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

He looked so worried, and she could tell he’d been crying. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

Almost a whole box of tissues lay wadded up from crying over her words. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Moss was eight, and his father took him to watch the judging of the animals, and Moss remembered crying because they were all too rough with the pigs and the sheep. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Her face, normally pale and smooth as chalk, was pink and bloated with crying. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t believe it — she was crying silently. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought about my father crying like a baby. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

The dog kept crying as the figure came closer. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

But now, with a baby crying in her arms, her breasts swollen with milk, her body coated with sweat, her groin still so sore she can scarcely sit, it is all suddenly unbearable. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was not crying any more, but he seemed to be brooding on something shameful and sullen. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

And she broke out into such a crying fit that her tears flowed out down onto her mother's face. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

The girl’s face was so red, and not just because she was crying really hard. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t get over how happy I was, crying genuine tears of actual happiness for the first time in maybe forever, imagining my mom as a Patrick. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

I promised, turned, and made my way around the crying children. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

In a way, I’d had to steel my heart to her crying. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

When we finally summoned the courage to pick him up, we found out why he was crying. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Eventually Lovey stopped crying out at every sudden noise from the night creatures, or when she stepped too deep and the water surged to her waist. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Maria was crying, Emilia looked angry, and Steven had turned his back on both of them. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tried again, crying and pleading, begging, sobbing, and Lord Asriel took no notice except to knock him to the ground. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Several hours later a kind old schoolmaster from Overton, walking through the fields, came upon Woundwort nuzzling the cold, still body and crying. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Next thing I knowed all three of us was having us a snot-nosed crying jag. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Who is this man crying like an abandoned child? A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

The old folks are not irritated by crying babies. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stopped, held her breath, and tried to stop crying. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Sometimes crying is easier when someone is crying with you. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Mike explained that he was crying because he had never seen a camera before and thought it was a gun. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was in the middle of it all, falling, screaming, crying and hacking away at every opportunity. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s like the screech of the Black-Backed Gull, crying out into the empty white space around him. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I looked at that corner again, my mind boomeranging back to me and my mom crouching and crying, wondering if my dad would corner us. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

He wanted to hide himself forever and never cease from crying. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

God, I wish I could seal up my tear ducts just so I could stop letting my mother hear me crying. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Moms broke out into crying again, that soft kind of crying with her body doing more crying than her face. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

She looked at Doon and saw that he was smiling and crying at the same time, and she realized that she was, too. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

And talk about him while we finish crying. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

I hugged her until she hugged me back and got all her crying out. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Lancelot stopped crying, and spoke with his eyes on the floor. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The young boy wasn’t crying, or at least I couldn’t tell if he was because he had his shoulders hunched over and seemed to be keeping his head down low. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

I see the crying all over his face. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

He was standing there crying when his father came sprinting across the road and seized him by the arm. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

It was Mrs. Weasley, who had been sitting crying in front of the fire. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

But I was so afraid and I also hated him so much that my emotions mixed themselves up and it was enough to start me crying. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stopped again, against the wall, looking at me and I cried and she went on and I came on, crying, and she shrank against the wall, looking at me. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Go away, go away, don’t hurt me,” and, after, sobbing, “Please don’t hurt me. Please let me go home,” and then the little sad crying again. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

And the other day I heard Atal, who has the sunniest nature of us all, crying because he had no one to play with. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Her voice quivered, and he thought she might be crying, but she held him so tight that he couldn't see her face. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

He hacked and cut and felt like crying too. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ghosts of all the animals would be crying under the water. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

She pressed both palms over her eyes and started to cry, and kept crying, and he didn’t understand, he didn’t understand. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Was Sabeen crying because she thought me and Ben would think less of her? Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

I picture myself alone in the woods, lost and crying. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

On the other side of the door, Miss Love laid down on the cot and muffled her crying in the pillow. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Lyra had to stop herself crying out, and Pantalaimon fluttered his wings so sharply that the other girls noticed. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the kids in the saddle behind her were shouting and crying now, while others tried to calm them down. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Residents were screaming and crying and carrying everything they owned to the safest place: the cemetery, which had no houses and almost no trees to catch fire. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Evie was in the high chair, she was crying and neither of them were looking at her. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

It might have been the gyptians’ sledge dogs, or it might have been wild spirits of the tundra, or even those freed daemons crying for their lost children. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I squeeze her hand—gently—because I know it’s what Gram would do if it were me sitting in that chair crying. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

The faces of children glimpsed at windows appear to be crying, but it is the glass pane dripping that makes it seem so. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know if it was the pain, the embarrassment of being punched by an eighth-grader in front of his friends, or a combination of the two, but Jeremy started crying. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“It seemed like a big deal when he first told you about it that day in class. Remember? You left the lecture hall crying.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

At first I thought JoJo was crying, but he was laughing. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few had their eyes closed, and a handful were crying. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

I was crying so hard that the words were getting choked down in my throat. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

One of the kids comes in the room, crying. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

There someone was crying for help in the slave quarters. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I spoke her name into it, and all of a sudden I heard your mother singing a lullaby to you as you gradually stopped crying. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s like a secret,” he went on, still crying. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Gran, I had to blink to hold back tears—Lettie would think I was crying because of her, and no way was I going to let that happen. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Since then, The Goober had walked around in a state of apprehension, expecting to see his name on a Wanted sign on the bulletin board, for crying out loud. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

They’d both been crying; I could tell from their red, puffed- up eyes. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Ele was sitting on a bag of flour high atop a shelf in the pantry, crying for what he had lost. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Her face was puffy km all her crying, and she could not seem to stop sobbing about her father. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I clench my teeth to keep from crying out, though pain from the impact went all the way down my spine. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

With news cameras surrounding the campus and students crying, I didn’t know what to think. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

My running is crying and praying and screaming. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I bit my lip to force myself to stop crying and went to bed without saying another word. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tried to explain to the boy that there was no one buried in the yard but the boy just started crying. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

He never even glanced back at Angel, who was conscious and crying. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I search for Hamza in the burning rubble, crying out for him. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

His face was pretty messed up, and he was crying hard. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

I could tell by his voice that he was crying now. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He heard the child crying lustily from the birthing hut and he gave a leap of delight when he recognized the cry as the cry of a male child. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

She seemed to know that neither crying nor sulking ever got anyone anywhere. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

Not me crying right then, but me crying when I was being born. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

“It looks like the elephant in that photograph is crying.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

He set up crying out as if in great terror. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Walking away, I break my farewell rule and look back to see Ma, Chou, and Geak crying and standing in the doorway. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Someone pushed something soft into his mouth, to stop him crying out, and taped it into position: easy, practiced moves, like a butcher gutting a chicken. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

It didn’t take no whole lot to figure she was crying cause her mother was sick, but I asked her anyway. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

If only I had paid closer attention to why she was crying instead of simply trying to quiet her. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

No hungry cats, whose meows, for some reason, always sounded like babies crying. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

After a moment or two I heard shrill screams coming from the rear room of the store; later the woman stumbled out, bleeding, crying, holding her stomach, her clothing torn. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

As we walked, we examined the rope marks on our wrists and laughed about what had happened to avoid crying. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Miss Leefolt, she’d narrow up her eyes at me like I done something wrong, unhitch that crying baby off my foot. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I thought he was crying with joy at still being alive. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

No, instead of laughing, I started blubbering into the phone, crying like a kid getting a polio shot. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I laughed until I was crying, and she moved closer, pulling my head to her legs so that I leaned there at first, then clutched at her. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

But this was the truth, a pitiful boy who desperately wanted not to be pitiful, screaming and crying, poisoned by an infected G-tube that kept him alive, but not alive enough. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

But she did not feel like crying, not at all. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

It made me feel a little better to see him crying like that. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I passed a little girl on the stairs smacking a child even smaller than herself, telling it to stop crying. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I dream of my babcia, crying out as they take her from the ghetto. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Lyra was crying, and Asta was trying to comfort Pan, but the little ferret wouldn’t be comforted and burrowed closer around Lyra’s neck, only irritating her further. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

‘All that work getting the physician’s cure, for nothing' Hazel broke down crying. ‘ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Then Auggie started to cry, because he knew the girl was crying because of him. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Lloyd: You would have been crying if your nose broke! Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grandpa plopped his hat on and stalked off before I could tell him that Mama was the one crying now. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I was tired of Aunt Julia’s crying every single day, whether I saw it in person or heard it through the phone. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

“I don’t need anyone! Especially you, wasting my time and money moping around, crying, thinking of no one but yourself.” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

And I can’t stop crying now because this was my one chance to be a man and bring home the money the telegram boy never brought from my father. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Jinny was startled by the touch, and then she was crying silently. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Soon as she heard—Camp told her when he came home to dinner that day—she rushed over home and ran upstairs, where Mama was crying in her room. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Tired women with crying babies in prams stared into windows, hawkers shouted, small boys hung on to the backs of lorries. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

And when the shadow struck, leaving me there on the ground, crying and bleeding, that wasn’t real, either. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of crying out for help, she merely goggled at him as they fled past the spot where he stood. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew that if I didn’t get out of sight in a hurry, this Burn Sanderson was going to catch me crying. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

They hugged each other, crying because it was over, and Hubbard gasped, "You tough, baby." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had looked so pitiful crying in the middle of that wreck. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat alone on the back steps, trembling, emotionally spent, crying to myself. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the morning of Halloween, Via had this big crying meltdown about something. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

She started crying, and then of course I started crying, too. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

In no time at all, I find myself crying again. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s crying out to be exposed by the media!” Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Crying adds something: crying is you, plus tears. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

“I don’t feel like crying. I don’t feel anything.” Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m yelling and crying at the same time. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“You’re so experienced, and you know about the circus—about the animals—and...you could help me to—to get through it without crying and disgracing my father.” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Liz was crying now, small silent tears that dripped out from behind those ridiculous glasses. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom’s voice broke, like she was about to start crying again. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

There was a sudden startling burst of singing—hundreds of male voices crying out fiercely in harsh metallic unison. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s the first time we’ve been in any sort of proximity since the painfully awkward crying moment in his car. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Though he knew that it was useless, that there was nobody, knew it inside his head, but he couldn’t stop now, crying and crying. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

And all it would take to give them away would be a nervous child crying out at the presence of strangers in the nursery.... The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

And even though my dad said it’s okay for me to cry, I don’t think he wants to see me crying right now. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

I remember crying and running to our bedroom and spending the next hour building a pirate Lego set. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

But now she was crying, too, and when she leaned in to kiss Maya, Maya could taste the white-hot salt of their tears mingling together. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

We were so busy being mortified by what Nana had said and uncomfortable at our own response that we didn’t notice Mom crying until she said, “Oh, Charlie.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“No. No crying. You are not fitting into this dress, okay? It’s not going to happen.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

She asked Ivy about school and everything, but she always sounded so tired, and one time she had to hand the phone off to Dad because Aaron started crying. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

People were on their knees crying, tying erupting bags with twine while officers stepped on the contents. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

We won the game easy but after the game I found Ducky in the bathroom crying. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

On the screen, Mamá was crying and blowing her nose with a tissue. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Momma cries the entire drive, and I wish Daddy were here because he can always get her to stop crying. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

I was crying, walking in my bare feet and feeling the wet heat still inside the bricks. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

His son had been taken from him during the first selection but only now was he crying for him. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother ran out to retrieve it and when she brought it back inside, she was crying and picking pebbles and dirt off the seared skin. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

He would have offered to train circus seals if it meant Ana would stop crying. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

For all my not crying, I sure feel a hell of a lot worse than I did at the end of All Dogs Go to Heaven. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

Ona lay on one of the planks, peaked, the baby crying on her chest. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

My mother would not buy from parents, crying and clutching. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s better to take it, spend some time crying, then wake up the next day and move on. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He was crying now, crying so hard he could barely breathe. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Assignment? It’s the last day of school, for crying out loud,” Lettie called. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

A thin girl with untidy hair came out: the baby we had heard crying at her hip, a small boy clinging to her sari; stood staring at us with a slight frown. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll have to go to a scary special-ed school,” I finally said, already crying by the time my face sunk into her shoulder. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I realized she was crying without making any noise. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I broke out crying and begging pardon, and hugged Joe round the neck: who dropped the poker to hug me, and to say, “Ever the best of friends; an’t us, Pip? Don’t cry, old chap!” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn't stop crying even when we went back to the classroom after recess. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I don’t remember when I started crying, but I couldn’t stop. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I threw my arms around him and kept on crying. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Eighty-two years later, the sound of her crying still haunts me. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Then I heard you crying in the living room and remembered that there had been a third man. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

But seeing Ma crying makes me want to crush, slam something into the ground. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

Had to leave the night-light on or you’d wake up crying. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Sliding from Harry’s shoulders the moment he could, he had sprinted for cover amongst the surrounding goblins, brandishing the sword and crying, “Thieves! Thieves! Help! Thieves!” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

They were still for a moment, the girl twisted in pain but grimacing to prevent herself from crying out louder, the man bent over her frowning like thunder. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

"Thank you," I almost start crying again at this gesture. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He said...he said Ma was d-dead as she—” she started crying. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I was crying because it was my first day of school and I didn't know anyone except a boy who lived in the apartment below me and liked to pull my hair. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He was crying, which is when I began to believe that he was really my family, because his crying was genuine and men in my culture rarely cried. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Well, not too long ago crying in public would have had out you out the window.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

His muscles were tight and he fought against making any crying sound or sniffle. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

A baby fretted awhile, away off in the dark, crying at the echo of its own cries. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Francie smiled happily, pleased at his using the nickname he had given her when, as a baby, he swore that her crying was as varied and as tuneful as an opera singer’s range. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is ridiculous, and so on and so on and so on while I was crying and shaking and terrified. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Someone gives her a drink of grape juice, I hope there’s wine in it, she’s still having the pains, for the afterbirth, she’s crying helplessly, burnt-out miserable tears. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How come I spend so much time crying myself to sleep if it’s just your problem?” 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The arm let go of Frodo, and Sam pulled him away, crying out for help. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Ivy started crying even harder and tucked her chin into Layla’s shoulder. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

For a minute, I couldn’t decide if she was crying or dying, but then figured this must be part of her divining preparations. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

She shook her head, her mouth curved down, crying. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Curses they heeded not, nor understood the tongues of western men, crying with harsh voices like beasts and carrion-birds. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

So I started up crying out: “Then in God’s name let us come at once, for we are losing time. The Count may come to Piccadilly earlier than we think.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

It give me a start to know I was crying too. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

At that moment Gandalf lifted his staff, and crying aloud he smote the bridge before him. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

When the priest asked me to read something to our group, I suddenly started crying again. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He spent the morning calling Pollard’s friends, crying into the phone as he broke the news. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The older woman, who was also crying, leaned down and quickly whispered something in the girl’s ear. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He swung the stake and the savage tumbled over; but there were others coming toward him, crying out. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

“And the next time I have a funeral,” Big Joe said, “I better hear you there crying and carrying on.” 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

It hurt more than crying, wrinkling my mouth up like that. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

I have no idea why I am crying. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Just about any cruel word or insult could start me crying, even if it was aimed at someone besides me. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

And almost as if to prove her mother right, that little baby girl starts up a serious crying spell that brings Dofta Isabel’s soft tap at the bedroom door. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Moaning Myrtle was crying, if possible, louder and harder than ever before. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

And, crying hysterically, he stamped off in a huff. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

The smallest expression of tenderness sent me into a crying fit. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lyra was crying steadily, a quiet lament of unhappiness. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

A woman stood crying over him, a baby on her hip, wiping her eyes with her shawl. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Her chest shakes beneath my cheek, and at first I think she’s crying because I just called her what I used to when I couldn’t pronounce the S sound... Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

"I mean can you fall and get up again without crying and mount again and fall again and yet not be afraid of falling?" The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

The sound of them crying and shushing the cries of Dante’s newborn baby boy at the same time is one I’ll never forget. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He was crying now but managed to say proudly, “Mimi is going to be just like her.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Mina is fast asleep, and looks a little too pale; her eyes look as though she had been crying. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Her brother was on his knees, hi? fingers digging under the leather coils, crying incoherently, struggling for breath. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I busted out crying, sitting there on the curb beside Vega. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Valentin had no idea how to cope with a crying female—he quickly backed off. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

After a few minutes, my friends stopped crying. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Then, right when Hanako had fallen asleep, Jiichan was suddenly crying out, “I have forgotten! Even with my amazing memory! We must change train in Hiroshima!” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I started crying before Mom got to me. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

I guess the mom had been searching for the little boy for a long time because she came running up to the information desk, and when she saw the little boy, she started crying. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

I told you, the answer is flying, not crying. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Mamá, standing behind me, was crying openly now. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

A flock of gulls swoops down to the breakers, wings outspread, crying. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“Look at you. You’re just like my mom. She says ‘No use crying, just get on with your life.’ Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

She had not learned the art of silent crying; she had not needed to. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Ford wouldn’t stop crying, he was so hungry. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

My grandfather and I. My grandfather was crying. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

I pressed my fingers against my lips to keep from crying. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

He looks at Anna sharply, but he hands the crying child to her. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ma is crying because of me, because I am bad and can do nothing right. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And from the peculiar little noise coming through the partition, I realized he was crying. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

I’m crying, but I have no idea how I actually feel. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

I stop crying as we walk along the street. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I can see she’s been crying, but she smiles as soon as she sees us. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Eventually she left, and I stopped crying after a while. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Annabelle is crying, and rain is falling on her face, so it is hard to tell if it is her own imagination again, or if she truly sees something in the road ahead. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

He would spend nights in the stables, crying over Thunder. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

I cried afterward, when we were seated, silent crying with tears running down my cheeks. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I’m smiling and laughing and crying all at the same time. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

She ignores his messages, even if he’s crying in one of them. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

She is laughing and crying, nervous, you know, and tells us she so glad we big boys on our own now. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Willard must have thought I was crying because I was so glad he wanted to be a father to me. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

I wanted to tell him that it was me who should be crying. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Despite multiple referrals from commanding officers for psychiatric evaluation, he remained in combat for seven months before his “crying outbursts” and “uncommunicative withdrawal” resulted in an honorable discharge in December 1966. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The platform was crowded with uniformed young men and crying parents, clinging to one another, saying good-bye. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

A fruit vender was crying his wares in the street Edna looked straight before her with a self-absorbed expression upon her face. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

The only human sound Turner heard, piercing the din of engines, was the crying of babies. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

"Is that what you're going to tell the Minister of Justice? When you're arrested, don't come crying to me for help." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I head to the bathroom and sit in a stall long enough for the evidence of crying to go away. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

It was crying out against the abominable noise something about a body on the hill. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

“Oh, for crying out loud,” says one woman. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The boy clung to him crying, his head buried against his chest. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

The second time, it was the baby crying downstairs, the girl’s shushing, the clatter of spoon against milk bottle. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

On the threshing-floor, in the center of the crying, singing saints, John lay astonished beneath the power of the Lord. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

I start down the driveway, crying too, knowing how much I’m on miss Mae Mobley, praying her mama can show her more love. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“We aint got the room we use to have. He cant stay out in the yard, crying where all the neighbors can see him.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stubbornly, Arya dragged all the harder, pulling the crying girl along. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

My chest hurts and I feel like crying. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

I hate to say it but I started crying too. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

We could hear Jason too, crying loud beyond the wall. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Luke followed, with Annabeth crying, beating at his chest, and screaming that they couldn’t leave Thalia alone. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

By the time I got to the refrigerator to get some ice for my ankle I was crying. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Isabel put Auggie on the phone while she called Dad’s cell phone to let him know I was crying hysterically in my room. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

When I walked in the classroom, Ms. Port saw that I had been crying, so she did not fuss at my tardiness. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

He was so sick that my dad couldn’t bear to tell me about it and that my mom was instantly crying as soon as the details were mentioned. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I feel like crying, so I must be crying, but it's impossible to tell because I’m underwater. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

I just stopped crying in the last two months. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Mandy’s arms were around me, and I was crying into the ruffles along the neck of her apron, where I had cried so many times before for smaller reasons. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

She looked up from her crying, curious to know what Grandpa was driving at. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Then I heard Katie crying, and I ran out as fast as I could. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Once she had started crying, she couldn’t stop. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

I felt so angry and powerless that I started crying and couldn’t seem to stop. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

There were men all around him, some of them crying. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. But it was scary. Folks shouting, crying, all the time. The storm roaring, rattling the Superdome like it weren’t nothing. “There was a big screech, Lanesha. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

“My gift is obedience. Ella will always be obedient. Now stop crying, child.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t sure if she was crying at the thought of having to give up cigarettes or because Salim might not come back safely. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

They swarmed into the bedroom and brought food with them and took her in their arms and tried to stop her crying. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had taken an empty rocking chair, and moved back and forth now with Thirty-six, whose loud crying had subsided. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I tried to say it without crying but I couldn’t and I could see Mrs. Jones getting more and more upset. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

One sat down on his little rear and started crying. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pounded at the door when she heard the lock click shut, crying, “Let me in!” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was hard to tell if Natalie was laughing or crying. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The Wayburns’ youngest kid still hadn’t stopped crying, but Ivy didn’t mind. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“I want to stop thinking about my mom crying. She thinks she can protect me forever, but she can’t. We both know that, but we can’t say it to each other.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Moms wasn’t crying or anything so I figured nobody had died. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Olanna could see, through the louvers, the many cots and many crying infants, and she imagined that the nurse would be confused and would bring the wrong baby. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I screamed, “Really! He’s froze to the car! Help! He’s crying!” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m crying, frustrated, angry because I let us get trapped. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

He put his sweaty arms around her, but she was still crying and it wasn’t what I had imagined it would be. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Full of crying children and dirt shaking down from the bombs above us. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The girl looked up at her, still crying but now also startled. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

It keeps me from crying—’cause I used to cry all night. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What do you mean you don’t remember it? It was blocking the path, for crying out loud.” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

But here was a dragon before her, tied up and crying! Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

The first time my parents took me to the Boston Public Library, I was four and crying from subway screeches, trucks, car horns, loud-talking people, wind blasting around skyscrapers. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Weary was crying because of horrible pains in his feet. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nobody answered, and I was scared Mother would start swearing about the King again, or crying. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Holding the baby in one arm, rocking him to stop his crying, the widow pointed to the three younger children. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

“For goodness’ sake, stop crying and tell me what happened.” Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d done all his crying alone, not even with his family. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

The next morning, the drive was completely silent except for the soldiers’ radios and the kids that were crying toward the back of the bus. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

People stand, some huddled in small groups, others alone, softly crying. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

She managed to stop crying, but her face felt red and puffy, and she didn’t trust herself to join the others. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

But she gave our hands a little squeeze and said, “My boys,” real soft, and went back to crying. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t remember Lynn crying since the day we left Iowa. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Strangely, she did not feel like crying at all. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Agony takes over and he’s crying out in pain and I want to stop, to find a better way, but the blackness is rising above the buildings, swelling, rolling at us like a wave. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I remember her screaming and crying and cursing me whilst they drag her back to work. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

I was crying because I knew five or ten or fifteen more Spokanes would die during the next year, and that most of them would die because of booze. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

The wandering boy hid his crying face in the crook of his arm. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

With all the rain and the hood shadowing her face, I couldn’t see her tears, but I could hear her crying. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t far from the truth; crying had left: her congested. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Some were crying hysterically, some looked on the verge of passing out, but some were laughing. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He balls his fists and hits my thighs, crying. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Juniper had been crying again, but she was trying to keep it together for Grover’s sake. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

She is crying as though she had gone through a terrible ordeal and were happy it is over. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I reached up and wiped my face, wondering if the wetness there was from the rain, or if I’d been crying without realizing it. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

My God, but he found himself almost crying out loud as she puffed her Gauloises during the volunteers’ weekly discussion periods! The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like he’s just been crying or throwing up. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

And for the first time, I started crying. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet according to her sister Elizabeth, Emma was being wonderful, crying at times, but also coming to the meals with the little children and helping them with their food, attending to their needs. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I finally hit the air, she is sitting on the bank crying. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

My face was red and blotchy from crying. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Her eyes were still red from crying, she looked awful tired, and I didn’t quite know how to get out what she needed to hear. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

At times like that, her cheerful facade would crack, and she’d start crying and confess to Lori that life in the streets could be hard, just really hard. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

"I wondered if all the crying I did hurt you. I wonder if that's why you are born too soon." The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Those we had been speaking with ran off to see the horror, the women crying out “This is the work of a Slovak!” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Sink down on my heels, rocking the pillow, crying. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The door stood open, from within came the sound of a baby’s fretful crying. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pressed her soft lips to his temple, and he could swear she was crying. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

And a long way away in Florida, Raymie was crying, too. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

She recalled crying, and then sitting in the sand, digging in the sand with her fingers. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I start crying and screaming for no reason, raging with unexplainable anger stored deep inside of me. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

He was crying now, tears streaming down his face. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

She was crying so hard that I could barely understand her. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Every time she poked me, I hissed, and soon we were both laughing so hard we were almost crying, and I could barely get the hisses out. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

“My own flesh and blood,” she says, crying. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He cried, trying to release the great pressure that was swelling inside his chest, but he got no relief from crying any more. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I look into their beaming faces: Chou is barely able to suppress a laugh, Geak looks at me in confusion, and Ma is crying. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What are you talking about? You’ve been crying for two days.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Last time my mom mentioned Mardi Gras to me, I couldn’t speak—I just started crying. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

I kicked at the ground, blinking to keep from crying. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Some crying crawls to the doorway where I stand. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Her tone changed to that of a girl trying not to start crying. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Their voices sounded faint and ghostly, as if dozens of ghosts floated over the rubble, crying in little, distant voices for help. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watch myself crying in the mirror, intrigued by the sight of tears. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

All around the house the wind went crying as though it were lost in the dark and the cold. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stopped crying as his head hit the pillow. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The sound of the wind was awful, like it was crying and lost and scared and not sure what to do except to wail. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

“In my dream, I heard crying and I was so worried...” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

He was crying, angry and scared, because my mother had not asked him to follow. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wipe my arm with the coat sleeve across my face, which is wet because I’m crying. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I try my hardest to get it together, to stop crying like such a baby in front of him, but I just end up crying harder. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I shushed her and rocked her and patted her, but she kept crying. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Uhmma sits on the floor, crying softly in the dark living room. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

I lie on a stretcher moaning and crying too. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

On the day they left for Nigeria, she collapsed onto her bed, crying uncontrollably, and thinking: What is wrong with me? Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Pretty soon she was laughing so hard I couldn’t tell if she was laughing or crying. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But sometimes? Sometimes, you remember every detail. Sometimes they are so real that if you were laughing in your dream, you wake up laughing. And if you were crying, you wake up crying.” Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Yes, crying—although without a sound, something the fox had never known him to do. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He rested his paddle on his lap, coasting, trying to place the pets he’d heard crying in the dark. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Barry tried to help keep her calm, but even he couldn’t get her to stop crying. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

The girl isn’t exactly crying but is, rather, stunned, as if she’s just learned the Tooth Fairy is, in fact, her Uncle Brian or something. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I bet Papa felt like crying, or like knocking Grandpa to Kingdom Come and back, and Loma with him. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

She was usually either singing or crying, but now her face twisted up with fury. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She probably didn’t see that Mrs. Bigio was pulling her hairnet down lower over her face, because she was almost crying. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

It was wet with tears running down the pages, as if the book itself were crying. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

And then that loose thing in her chest made its way up her throat and into her eyes, and suddenly she was crying. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Everyone agreed that The End was near, that the Hunt was “all over but the crying.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Your eyes look weird. You weren’t crying earlier, were you?” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Dad carried the twins in his arms and they took turns crying with the hunger. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The kid contemplates crying a bit harder but straightens up almost immediately. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Mam is crying, Why couldn’t ye see him? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

It's only after I tell her to calm down that I realize she's crying hysterically. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He went out very quietly to go to bring some coffee and all the way down the road he was crying. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I'm crying for Mirjam, the girl I was supposed to save but couldn't, and didn't even know. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

She had washed and put on clean clothes, but her face was swollen from crying. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Well, there were tears, but no real crying. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

That day I sat in his classroom for nearly two hours, crying over my notebook, smearing the ink on the pages. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Everywhere men were rising from their despair and dread, seizing their weapons, crying one to another: ‘Rohan has come!’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Children were everywhere, dodging in and out of the crowd and crying out to each other in shrill excited voices. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ever since the raid, he spends his time either staring at the wall or crying. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

There was a man, a civilian, not far off, crying and shouting in pain. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

As she beat her fists on the altar, the old woman above her laid hands on her shoulders, crying: “Call on Him, daughter! Call on the Lord!” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

I get upset even thinking about it so I’ll definitely feel life crying every time you say it. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

We played red-light- green-light, tag, football, Red Rover, or nameless games that involved running hard, keeping up with the pack, and not crying if you fell down. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I tried not to let Mr. Dill hear me crying. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The funny part was, she wasn't even crying when I said that. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

I'm not blaming anyone for this state of affairs, mind you; nor merely crying mea culpa. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought of all that crying I’d done in her bedroom. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know I look like a big baby for crying but can’t help it as I think of him leaning against a building, a cigarette dangling from his lips. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Folks crying and fanning and trying to keep a stray eye on they children, but they don’t stare at Sofia and her sisters. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was about to say, “But I heard it crying—alive—” and then he looked at the woman’s face. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

I know how to get them babies to sleep, stop crying, and go in the toilet bowl before they mamas even get out a bed in the morning. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

We heard Mom crying as we lay in bed that night. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Peeta Mellark, on the other hand, has obviously been crying and interestingly enough does not seem to be trying to cover it up. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Poor Tía Mari was just crying and crying. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

He scrambled backward along rough wooden floorboards, crying out again, this time at the pain shooting up from his right foot. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

But he was also crying because people were so beastly and unfair, and because he was only a little boy and couldn’t do anything against them. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

No matter how badly he felt, he couldn’t start crying. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Gabriel nearly threw himself onto the floor and, scooting across the room to the TV, thought he might start crying. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

She must have been crying after Lucinda left for the airport. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

She reaches out and we hold each other, crying and laughing. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“It’s okay, Manchee,” I say, my voice and Noise near crying from relief that it’s just his tail. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

The next time the four girls were all together, she took the opportunity of crying a little and saying that she had done the best she could by the four girls. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“She at least has good manners. Her sister, Maria, is about your age and plays with Tom. Well, some might call it play. Most of the time she winds up crying her eyes out.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I realized she was laughing and crying. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Want a hanky, Potter, in case you start crying in Transfiguration?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Somewhere in the patio a human was crying in distress. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The house was filling with people and the hours passed in a dreadful streaky blur of relatives, neighbors, crying children, covered dishes, blocked driveways, ringing telephones, bright lights, strange faces, awkward conversations. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I am crying, he thought, opening his eyes to stare through the soapy, stinging water. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

I heat up chicken and potato soup and rice, crying. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He passed one car where a Drill Instructor from the training base on Biddle Island was holding his crying son in his arms. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Until she slumps against the wall and starts crying again. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Then, he heard other voices crying out and livestock braying and the crackle of flames. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

“People were crying. I heard someone yell, ‘Don’t let me die here!’ Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

So close to normal, and then, just like that, we’re back to this new, terrible normal where I’m stuck inside my room crying, listening to her downstairs cleaning up my dishes. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

It was a real kind of crying, too. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

The children he was selling were too young to know what was going on but when they saw their mamas crying they began to cry, too. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I was crying inside, because I learned that a boy whom I had easily defeated on two other occasions had won. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or rather, she was running back and forth crying on the shore. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

If you’d given me a room full of sober Indians, crying and laughing and telling stories about my sister, then I would have gladly stayed and joined them in the ceremony. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

We tip toward each other and hug, and we both start crying. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I trusted to sisterhood first and approached the mother with her crying child. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

The first time my teacher reads the story to the class I cry all afternoon, and am still crying when my mother gets home from work that evening. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

He started crying as he told me this because he just couldn't understand why the officer had done that. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

That kind of crying, deep into a pillow, does not happen after we are twenty-one. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

She was standing still, one hand upon the doorknob; the other hand clutched a frayed pocketbook, which she dropped and ran to him, throwing her arms about him, crying, “My baby. ...” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

This is very hard for me because half the time I feel like crying, but I want them to think I’m strong. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

She wasn’t crying—but her eyes kept filling up with tears. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t sleep well that night, even after I was done crying. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The air felt thick and damp, like the silence that followed the screaming and crying and sirens.The rain had slowed to a drizzle. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

"I tried," I whispered, taking tiny breaths to keep from crying. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

Had one of those bullets hit me, that could’ve been my little brother crying like that. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

And then I realized that I was crying and I couldn't make myself stop. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

“Last week, you were all crying about the poor little spider,” Rick continued. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

"Mirjam. You said Amalia was already crying when she ran into you. Why would she already be crying? Why was she out that night to begin with?" Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“I will never throw rose petals to anybody,” I said, and then I broke down, the kind of crying where you’re sucking air and making heaving sounds like a person drowning. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Next to her was another captive, and another, hundreds of them crying in terror. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Someone tied it to a stop sign and started walking, and that’s how far he got before it gave out. aside, grabbing more scraps, crying out, “Oh no! . .. Oh no!” Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

With my sisters crying, I became one of those loudmouths that Mrs. talked about. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Colin faded away slowly, like Ophie’s daddy had on that long-ago morning, and before she knew it she was crying, releasing the tears she’d held back for what felt like years. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Through her own tears Anna could see that Stargirl was crying also. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

The stab of rage felt like a spike driven through Harry’s head: He forced his own fist into his mouth to stop himself from crying out in pain. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

In one short morning I had exhibited insane laughter, hidden lust, pissy behavior, self-pity, and hysterical crying. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I weren’t serious, she’d certainly kill me for crying wolf. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I manage to stop crying, but now my nose is running, and I wipe it with the end of my sleeve. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I rub my eyes; I know it would be wrong to be seen crying. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He curled up in his usual position then, thumb in his mouth, crying softly. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ma’am, is this your—” “What did you do to her? Why is she crying?” the woman shrieked. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

“But don’t come crying to me when you don’t have money to buy groceries, and there’s no food on the table.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

As soon as he’s out the door, Mom is crying on the phone to Aunt Louise. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“We must pray,” she beamed with joy although her eyes were red with crying. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

As my partner, Sarah, and I waited to go in, we saw previous couples come out crying. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

She clutched his arm, and when he turned and looked at her, he saw that she was crying. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Two weeks ago, he wakes up crying with a fever. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

My friend Kaya came to visit and started crying when she saw how dejected I looked. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

There was a smear of blood from when she'd cut her hand on her bed—and something crusty on the shoulder, probably snot from all that crying. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

We bobbed up and back, up and back, waves lapping and curling, the sound of crying filtering through the dark. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

They were crying, a-course, because they loved that dog, and they loved their little girl even more. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

I crossed my arms over my blouse that was still damp from all the crying I’d been doing. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was not long before a clamour was heard in the streets leading up from the outer circles, and there was much cheering and crying of the names of Faramir and Mithrandir. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

The biggest tree in the graveyard was a weeping willow—a crying tree. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I was almost about to start crying because the alarm clock wouldn’t leave me alone. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I tried to smile, except I was crying. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fishmongers were out in strength, crying the morning catch. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It was the one “official” spot that didn’t make Mom feel like crying. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

But the feeling Colin had was some horrible opposite of crying. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

I actually know where I’d be: outside this hospital, probably crying and holed up somewhere hoping I make it to nine. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I look around me—at folks whispering, pausing beneath trees, some folks, silent or crying, looking into square tower graves. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

I opened my left hand, because I knew if I tried to say something I would just start crying again. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

In the flickering glow, Taylor’s mother looked just like she had when Taylor was six, but this mom wasn’t crying at a sink full of dirty dishes. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Her eyes leaked even though she was not crying. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Dad smiles even though he has crying eyes. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes are puffy and wet, like he’s been crying. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“If it will make you stop crying and complaining about this, then just go to high school, Simone.” Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Which was strange, because just minutes earlier he had been acting like we were all murderers for not crying our eyes out. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

Ma fed me soup, crying the whole time. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

And when I asked her about it, she started crying, right there on the couch. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

But Miranda was the funniest: she was crying more than anyone and squeezed me so tight that Via had to practically pry her off of me, which made them both laugh. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“The good and dear people always do die,” groaned Jo, but she stopped crying, for her friend’s words cheered her up in spite of her own doubts and fears. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her mother got upset when she saw that Mtisha had been crying but she was glad to see her safe. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

It was hard to keep from crying again. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

They just held me, and I knew my mother was crying. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

How much are they just crying because it’s what they have to do, the song they have to sing? Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you did”—she started crying again—“you’d just give her the gate and start going out with me again.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They make the most uncommon noises, not unlike a person crying. No, your visit to this graveyard was a misstep, sir. Somewhere the child you seek awaits you, but he is not here.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

She hugged me, and I could see that she was crying. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I'm afraid that no one is listening but they must be, because right away they're bringing her up out of the cellar and Iggy is running to her and crying out her name. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

“My lord, if I might ask ... I saw Gilly leaving. She was almost crying.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

We hear screams from the cabin—Ann crying out in the pain of childbirth. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

The words were hard and short, not like Dad’s voice at all, and Mum started crying again, so I went upstairs. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sound of his crying physically pained me. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

An hour later, your dad came home with your sister to find you alone, crying over the kitten, whose belly had swollen to the size of a kickball. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

The crying girl is barricaded in the same stall I hid in after Fina showed me that text. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

She attempted to swat at something — the shell — upon her back, crying with the frustration. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

As though they were crying out their tears of sorrows and stories to us. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Now look, I don’t know if it was a manly instinct, a friendship instinct, or both, but the second I realized she was crying, I stood up to put my shoes on. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Thinking about the suffering of those you hold dear can reduce you to tears; in fact, you could spend the whole day crying. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I swallow hard and open my lips so I can get the stupid line out and go hide in the woods and — that’s when I start crying. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

He was crying now with a forcefulness that alarmed me. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I finished up, of course, back in my grandmother's house with her arms around me tight and both of us crying the whole night long. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

The look she gave me was so sympathetic and understanding that I almost started crying right there. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

They stood this way for some time, none of them crying out to Mr. Smith, all of them preoccupied with one or the other of the minor events about them, until the hospital people came. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

She whimpered instead of crying fully, and Pan looked out and let Asta lick his nose. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

They were cosy and comfortable in their little house made of logs, with the snow drifted around it and the wind crying because it could not get in by the fire. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she sprang up and ran out of the room, crying: “Lord, don’t let them kill her!” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Screaming and crying for my father, I flung open the front door and kicked it shut behind me. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

When I came home from work, that was where I found you all, gathered around Pretty Boy’s cage, crying.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh my God,” she whispered, and then she was crying. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“I hate crying; it makes my nose feel like a melted icicle. You’ve hurt my feelings, you stupid Assistant Pig-Keeper, and all for something that’s your own fault to begin with.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

It seemed to be her personal way of warding off crying. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Among them Sister Betty scrambled up from where she had thrown her body over her children, who were shrieking; she ran crying hysterically, “My husband! They’re killing my husband!” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked shyly at Calder, aware that they’d both been crying. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Both had swollen faces, eyes red from crying, and rumpled clothes from the long train ride. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cohn was crying, and Brett had told him off, and he wanted to shake hands. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

She was pretty in a dryad-y way, with her purple gossamer dress and her elfish face, but her eyes were green-tinted with chlorophyll from crying. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He would watch the singing and dancing, cheering and crying, and chalk it all up to theatrics. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Since I didn’t know why she was crying, I couldn’t think of a reason. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I think Mr. Gregory was about to start crying right there, even though it wasn’t him that was getting his hair tied up in a bun—which, by the way, hurts. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He heard her crying and so went back inside. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

They stood in the middle of the floor, crying, with their arms locked about Bigger. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He was not the one who should be crying, even if he did look like the saddest dad on Earth right now. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

For four days we’d been in the hospital, family members visiting, talking and hanging out, laughing and crying. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He was not aware that he ever stopped crying. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

John closed the door behind him and stood in the narrow church aisle, hearing behind him the voices of children playing, and ruder voices, the voices of their elders, cursing and crying in the streets. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

I am crying now, but I am not ashamed of the tears shining on my cheeks or the thickness of my voice. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I felt ashamed of crying in front of Sam, and embarrassed, but it was all so terrible I couldn’t stop. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lyra had stopped crying and found her thumb, and she lay in Malcolm’s tight grasp quite happily, interested in everything. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Mini laughed, but because she was crying, it sounded like a wet hiccup. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I looked up at the cells above us, wondering how something as tall as the sky could fit in a tiny cell, and why he was crying. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

He was crying, wiping angrily at his eyes. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I’m a little sore ... and I don’t hear what he says after that except he must be really sore because I hear him crying even before the shower turns on. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Like a baby,” Sarai said breezily—by which of course she meant that she had woken frequently crying, but she didn’t feel the need to clarify the point. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I used to bust out crying all the time, and that was always their go-to line—see Ms. Lawrence. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

You want to tell yourself it’s not from crying. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

But it still helps me to stop x crying. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

My mother had started crying long before I had completed my story. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ivy even tried her monkey face, which got his attention for a whole second before he started crying again. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The dark-haired girl behind Winston had begun crying out “Swine! Swine! Swine!” and suddenly she picked up a heavy Newspeak dictionary and flung it at the screen. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

His eyes filled with tears, and he was crying. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

She brushed at her eyes like shed just been crying. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

He wandered about, occasionally crying out, “Flanders—Glanders” or “Daughter—ought to,” whenever the ideas occurred to him, while the dark Queen hung in the background. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Michael was crying loudly, and Dad picked him up and carried him, and they walked down through the ruins toward the canal. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

The storm was loud now, just like her crying, and Ivy thought she heard her name all mixed up with the wind, like it really was making them one. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

It was not quiet anymore, because as well as the soldiers talking and the woman crying, the man with the hurt hand was groaning and gasping. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

He knocked harder and after a minute the woman started crying and Raymond opened the door. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

I woke up crying and Mommy came and stayed in bed with me. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly I felt like crying, and I was trying really hard not to do that. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Suddenly his face crumpled, and he was crying. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I cried and cried and could not stop crying. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

Which was how I knew she was crying because of Salim, not the cigarettes. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was so hysterical that I was crying. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

In desperation, I turned and fled into the woods, stumbling over roots and stones, crying as I hadn’t cried for years. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

“She swore she would never do that,” Candy said, crying again. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Rufus knew this was some real embarrassing stuff so he sat down beside me, looked the other way and acted like he didn’t see me crying. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were well manicured and feminine, pinky slightly raised—hands you’d see in a commercial for nail polish, not wrapped around the throat of a crying child. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

It was clear she had been crying, too. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Some way it affected me much; I am crying when I think of him. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Your mother, the earth is crying for you. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

While Pascal and Patrice punched each other out of exhausted boredom and Martin leaned on me crying that his ears hurt, my husband was brought down without my notice. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

No celebrating acceptance letters or crying over rejection ones. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

It’s quiet in the lane and I can hear her crying even though she pulls an old coat over her face and I can hear in the distance, my father. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Just the white noise of the ambulance, one sister crying, and the other struggling to comfort her without words. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Angrily, furiously trying not to, but standing there, big as a bull, machete in hand, crying. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

The house feels strange with no little boy babbling or laughing or whining or crying or shouting or tugging on my skirt or reach- ing his arms up to me. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we dropped him off after the game, I saw Mrs. Kahn was crying and seemed really shaken. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

A patient with one foot and one crutch was hopping back and forth swiftly in panic crying. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

When Abel walked in that night, he sat down on the couch and saw that I’d been crying. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I gather the pillow around my ears to block out Al’s crying, and fall asleep with a circle of moisture pressed to my cheek. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

For once, I’m not embarrassed to be crying. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

As she walked the length of Cook’s trap line she saw an occasional gunning skiff, heard the wild free crying of the water birds, watched them fly up, wings spread wide. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes crying or laughing are the only options left, and laughing feels better right now. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The nightly crying had already started, and everyone was too lost in their own memories to pay attention to me. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

If Khalid had seen us there crying over that old body of his, what would he have done? King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

A lady with a blue bundle drifted by, crying. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

And I’m not crying, either, even though I know that something unthinkable has just happened to my family. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The day the Anne Frank Center received our application, a woman named Beatrice called and said she’d been “crying in her coffee all morning” because our application was so amazing. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

We folded ourselves between a woman with too many bags and a man holding a crying baby. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

They’re still coming, even though I’m standing right here next to Sandy Sanders, and I don’t want him to see me crying. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

I stay underwater for as long as I can, until I’m choking and spluttering, but at least I’m not crying anymore. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

If Amon Goeth saw me crying, he would kill me too. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

But the moment she dismounted, she was crying, “I need a ride! Quick!” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was crying the whole way and not admiring nature. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

There were normal children on every side of us, chattering to one another, shouting, shoving—and one, who stood right next to Olive, was crying bitterly. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

I wanted to stay and look for Deza and her mother but it was too hard to hear all the people crying and arguing. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Maybe it was the slanted fall sun glaring off the window, but it almost looked like she was crying. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heated the big kettle of water and poured it into the galvanized tub and sat in it like a scalded potato, alone in this world, just crying. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

We passed farms and villages, lone dogs crying out at our vast column. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

One Indian lady in a purple sari crying. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I sat down, started crying and shouting and pounding on the floor, and refused to get up. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was crying harder than even my mom. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

So by this time I’m crying and my shoulder is hurt. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

When lunch was over Mrs. Little broke out crying again, and said she thought Stuart must be dead. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

He just snapped his fingers to distract her from crying. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

He saw that she was crying and clamped back his question. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He went out and saw a multitude, as many as the ants in number, all crying out that they were his faithful subjects. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was crying and undressing and looking at the butcher knife. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ben, it’s bad. He posted this story where he’s singing ‘I’ll Cover You’ from Rent and crying, and like...I don’t know. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

It looked almost like she had been crying, but I knew that was impossible, because once she told me that she emptied herself of tears when Grandpa left. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“A sailor off the coast of Ephesos heard a mysterious voice crying out from the shore, ‘Tell them that the great god Pan has died!’ The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Jinny could feel herself crying as she swam, taste her tears, salty as the cold sea but warm on her face and tongue. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

She didn’t even realize she was crying until she went to move her hair off her face and realized that her cheeks were wet. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

And then I saw that my mother was crying. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

When she heard that, for days she lay in bed crying and knitting dresses for her Baby Jesus doll. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I might have started crying again, because I felt Tommy’s arm going back around my shoulders. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The shouting, screaming, and crying from our home chased me. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

We found her crying halfway down the block, walking fast. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

He ran to them, and hoisted the crying girl up over his shoulder. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

And then he heard a strange sound, like an animal was crying out in pain. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

Lill’s foot was hurting, and she was crying on the couch. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

She too had heard everything—the bit about our cat, and Mom crying. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pointed to the woman who was still near the tracks about thirty feet away crouched down on the ground, crying with her baby and her son. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Deedee was crying but also rocking back and forth on her heels, something that again reminded Mark of Madison. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

What really happened is that Tom had to half carry me out of the house, me crying and shouting all the way, while poor Clara cowered in the kitchen. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I said, crying again and sitting up to catch my breath. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Rachel starts crying and runs out of the room. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were like children crying out that they would build a house—but, when it came to building, they had not the practical ability. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think I started laughing, or crying, because my mother looked at me strangely and felt my forehead. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Certainly not the late-night lurker and his crying wife, and definitely not the stomping dirt trackers. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Another person would have been crying at the idea of debt, or at least getting angry or stressed out. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

And so, laughing and crying, we said good-bye to my grand-mother. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

She could not make out the distinct syllables, but they made her heart ache, for they were all sounds of yearning—each being who cried out was crying out for freedom. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Everyone was clapping and cheering, many were crying. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Longstreet thought he was crying, just for a moment, but there were no tears, only the look of pain. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was the boy that made mix tapes with themes and hand-colored covers until he hit my sister and stopped crying. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

I’m crying, “Please don’t. Please,” and I know that something terrible is about to happen. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s just a stupid thing that happens to me. I start crying when I see other people crying.” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

That maybe knowing Jesus was like crying and making new friends and being scared and not having parents around, all at once. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

All morning my sisters and I had waited around the house, so when our father finally walked in the door, we raced to him, crying, "Papi! Papi!" How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

The sounds of a grown man crying when there is nothing left to do. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z