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Discover LudwigThe phrase "at crying" is not standard in written English and may be considered incorrect.
It could be used in a context where you are referring to someone being engaged in the act of crying, but it is not commonly used.
Example: "She was so overwhelmed with emotion that she was at crying in the corner."
Alternatives: "in tears" or "crying".
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I want to giggle at crying Directioners, but I empathise with some of their youthful woe.
You'd think that with all the money theatrical producers lose, they'd be pretty good at crying.
"I'm not good at crying and all that stuff, but I have chills right now, because it meant everything".
Marshall is expert at singing painful lines as if she can't feel a thing, and at crying out seemingly benign lines as if she's being lanced.
She loathes the disabled or obese, has "love" and "hate" tattooed on her knuckles, and shouts "Shut up!" at crying children.
She is good at crying, good at playing drunk, good at bad sex, and good at a lot of more particular things, like fidgeting on a yoga mat and talking knowledgeably about the poetry of Stéphane Mallarmé.
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She kept nodding, looking at me, crying.
John called Natasha at work, crying.
They keep waking up at night crying.
8. Don't get angry at the crying baby.
Or Tom Brady crying at the end.
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