cry like a baby

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cry like a baby

To cry in a disconsolate manner. I can't watch those sappy movies because I just cry like a baby every time. No, I can't give the eulogy—I know I'll just cry like a baby the moment I get up there. News of that actor's sudden death just really hit me hard—I've been crying like a baby all day.

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Dubbed 40 of the most moving songs of all time and cry like a baby to the likes of Everybody Hurts by REM, Ain't No Sunshine by Bill Withers, Cry Me A River by Justin Timberlake, Leave Right Now by Will Young, Drive by The Cars, I Want To Know What Love Is by Foreigner, If You Leave Me Now by Chicago, Without You by Nilsson, Cry by Godley And Creme and How Soon Is Now?

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