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Discover LudwigThe phrase "I nearly cry" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to express a strong emotional reaction, often in response to something sad or touching. Example: "When I watched the final scene of the movie, I nearly cry at the beauty of it."
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I nearly cried.
Also, while playing it, I nearly cried.
He laughed and I nearly cried.
I nearly cried when my boy was born, nearly.
"When I got these," she says, opening a black box with reverent pleasure, "I nearly cried".
"I nearly cried," she said, after the last model had strutted.
"These kids were so smart that I nearly cried," she said.
At times I nearly cried out for release, for perspective from new parties and for the arrival of an adult.
I nearly cried coming across the line," said Bushell, who watched his friend David Weir win his 5,000m race in the Paralympic village on Sunday night.
I had a friend who, while I was writing my thesis, would let me hide in her office and tell me stories that made me laugh until I nearly cried.
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