Example sentences of "cry at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For instance , he might burst out laughing on being told of a tragedy , or cry at joyful news . |
| 2 | We cry at both ends of life , while the doctor watches . |
| 3 | I must tell you that this infant has never cried at all apart from at the moment of birth when he took his first breath — and that must be accepted as an unavoidable demand for satisfaction of an impossible desire . |
| 4 | After a succession of these experiences their capacity to cry at all may even dry up , along with the relationship between themselves and their partner . |
| 5 | Fran sat back in the seat , staring unseeingly out of the window , wondering why she should feel the most ridiculous urge to cry at such evidence of Luke Calder 's attitude to life . |
| 6 | Cos everyone was crying at that bit in the in the cinema , were n't they ? |
| 7 | But the apothecary had been right , and by morning Anna was almost like her old self , crying at last to be fed instead of turning her head away . |
| 8 | Sarah cried at first . |
| 9 | She never cried at all . |
| 10 | ‘ Turpentine , ’ she cried at last . |
| 11 | ‘ Fernando ! ’ she cried at last , struggling to sit up . |
| 12 | She cried at last . |
| 13 | And nowadays she hardly cries at all : the wedding is only weeks away . |