Synonyms: Cry

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

Her eyes opened wider, then scrunched up, and her face folded up small and mean and she bellowed so loud in my ear it hurt. The London Eye Mystery

The goats were bellyaching as well, bleating loud enough to compete with the chickens. Anya and the Dragon

“I’m going to die,” I blubbered through quivering lips. Life of Pi

“If Mother was only at home!” exclaimed Jo, seizing the book, and feeling that Washington was an immense way off. Little Women

At one minute after 9:00, the bailiff bustled into the courtroom hollering, “All rise,” followed close behind by three white men draped in black robes. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice

She howled with pain as he slammed the door shut. A Thousand Splendid Suns

She was sucking her thumb and keening to herself. Fever 1793

“We’ll have a hard time holding on to what we have now,” she lamented. The New Jim Crow

George Washington mewled and ran his claws along the side of a box of books, and Mama turned her wrath onto the cat. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street

A tiger roared as it bounded to the bottom of the stairs. Aru Shah and the End of Time

Just then the number 25 bus screeches to a halt in front of the bodega, coughing out a thick puff of black smoke before the doors open. Like Vanessa

“NO!” shrieked Hermione, and with a deafening blast from her wand, Fenrir Greyback was thrown backward from the feebly stirring body of Lavender Brown. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

He sniveled, crying in a way that hadn’t been acceptable since he was a real little kid. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer

She sobbed so hard, she ran from the kitchen, and in a moment we heard her bedroom door slam. Kira-Kira

After a while the child begins to squall, although Albert, in desperation, rocks it to and fro. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel

The moment each woman guest arrived in the yard, and before she reached the door, she ululated, making a loud trilling sound, to announce that she shared our joy. Tasting the Sky

"Who says that's a lie?" vociferated the Squire, jerking his head around. Riley, H. H.

He was the most powerful lion that the woman had ever seen, and she wailed in fright at the sight of his great shoulders and the shock of golden mane that framed his face. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa

She began to weep with the same helplessness with which she had been speaking. Go Tell It on the Mountain

The baby continued to whimper quietly as though it had no right to cry out loud. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

He slept quietly all night; I wish I could say the same for Faro, who kept dreaming and whining in his sleep. Z for Zachariah

They were all gathered around, like they do sometimes, whooping and hollering. How It Went Down

Either quit yawping about the fathers, or quit yawping about us. Ingersoll, Robert Green

His dog, Spiro, unleashed, heeled behind him and yelped once in pain as he lowered himself to the floor. Native Speaker

Sometimes it’s like I’m eating to drown something yowling inside me, even when I’m not really hungry. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter