Cry and Feel sad

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Cry verb - To shed tears often while making meaningless sounds as a sign of pain or distress.

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Feel sad and cry are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Feel sad" instead a verb "Cry".

Nearby Words: crying, cried

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Cry and feel sad are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cry" instead a verb phrase "Feel sad".

That the single take captured genuine emotion and showed that grown-ups, too, can feel sad and cry when people they love die, played a huge role in keeping the scene at one take.

Source: The Character Died with Him
Especially tragic as the audience knows why they cry, but the girls don't and can't remember their dreams so don't understand why they feel sad on waking up.

Source: Tender Tears
That being said, it did teach little kids that it was okay to miss the deceased, and that adults also feel sad, cry and miss loved ones when they die.

Source: Death Is a Sad Thing

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