He felt like crying.

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On the subject of divorcing couples filing joint returns, I have felt like a voice crying out in the wilderness.

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She said I was crying like a baby the whole time.

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Harmonies like an angel crying in your ear.

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"They were crying like babies, " she said.

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What had tried to kill him was not just in the pond but out here, too, in every natural thing, and there was no him, no Suzanne, no Mom, no nothing, just the sound of some kid crying like a terrified baby.

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Parents surveyed said their children experienced a number of symptoms including "internalizing symptoms" like anxiety, frequent crying and worrying.

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With potentially more lightly regulated non-EU markets like China and India crying out for American-style English-language TV, the UK's Anglo-American press barons see only problems in a more integrated Europe.

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Like a shoplifter, crying with relief at being caught.

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It looks like it's crying.

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And it was very strange for me, because I'm like, why am I crying?

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It's like laughing one minute and crying the next minute.

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In contrast, entrepreneurs can lose face by insulting someone in public, refusing invitations and gifts or by behaving inappropriately, like losing their temper or crying -- acts that are seen as lack of self-control and weakness.

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It is not the keening and caterwauling I mind so much as the eerily human nature of the plangent cries, which can sound like anything from a baby crying to a couple of nightclub bouncers fighting in an alley.

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Just like any other show of emotion, crying has an appropriate time and place.

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"For like 20 minutes, there was just hugging, crying and chatter, " she said.

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Captain Kelly does not seem like the kind of person who is easily fazed, but recently she's found herself crying, driving down the street listening to the radio, even when she recounts small decisions, like the one to have her husband stay in the city during the storm.

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Such topics may not sound like vote-winners, but they are ones that are crying out for attention.

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"He (Pistorius) wants to continue with his life like this never happened, " Nel went on, prompting Pistorius, who was crying softly, to shake his head.

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