cry, crying
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“I have realized that the best way for me to get over rejection is to cry about it. While it may not help me achieve anything, I always feel a sense of closure after a good long cry. Crying is my form of catharsis. By embracing the sadness, I am acknowledging the rejection. If I had pretended nothing was wrong, my bottled-up emotions would explode later. I don’t mind rejections as much as I used to. The rejections I have received have only made my successes more valuable.”
From New York Times
“If we do not laugh, we will cry. Crying will only make us hotter and sweatier. We Jews like to joke about death because what you laugh at and make familiar can no longer frighten you. Besides, Chayaleh, what else is there to do?”
From Literature
She must try and not cry, crying made one ugly.
From Project Gutenberg
And one time when he was hunting out in the fields, he heard a small little cry, crying.
From Project Gutenberg
Lewis used often to say that boys never ought to cry; crying, he said, was only for girls and babies; but he must have forgotten himself on this occasion, for he cried bitterly when I bade him good-bye.
From Project Gutenberg
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