cry, crying
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It was so absurd that I laughed till I cried; and it makes no difference whether you cry laughing or cry crying; it is equally bad when your glasses come off.
From Malbone: an Oldport Romance by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
She must try and not cry, crying made one ugly.
From The New Warden by Mrs. David G. Ritchie
And one time when he was hunting out in the fields, he heard a small little cry, crying.
From The Irish Twins by Lucy Fitch Perkins
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