Cries Sentence Examples

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  • The cries from the gates ceased.

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  • Their cries are faint squeaks and grunts.

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  • And cries of horror were heard in the crowd.

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  • In the first, John describes how the Baptist, on Jesus' approach, cries " Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sins of, the world "; and how he says " I saw the spirit descending upon Him, and I bore witness that this is the Son of God."

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  • He was in a state of physical suffering as if from corporal punishment, and could not avoid expressing it by cries of anger and distress.

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  • With piercing war cries, two forms broke from the horde before her.

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  • This tale is now regarded as legendary, and the same remark also applies to the tradition that the cries Hi Welfen, hi Wibelinen, were first raised at this siege.

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  • Almost all day long the house resounded with their running feet, their cries, and their spontaneous laughter.

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  • A young man cowers and cries, perhaps in memory long after his sister is gone.

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  • He heard supernatural voices proclaiming mercy to the faithful, vengeance on the guilty, and mighty cries that the wrath of God was at hand.

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  • Disturbed from the moor or marsh, where it has its nest, it rises swiftly into the air, conspicuous by its white back and rump, and uttering shrill cries flies round the intruder.

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  • For none but the Consoled had received into their hearts the spirit of God's Son, which cries "Abba, Father."

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  • He was prepared to face the death which he expected; but his courage, a rare quality at that time, won the day, and the hubbub subsided in cries of "Let Gregoire have his way!"

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  • In the midst of the song cries were heard, and fighting and blows in the passage and porch.

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  • It is true that to some extent these means of utterance are common to the lower animals, the power of expressing emotion by cries and tones extending far down in the scale of animal life, while rudimentary gesture-signs are made by various mammals and birds.

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  • The supposition that the tree was the source of Christ's crown of thorns gave rise doubtless to the tradition current among the French peasantry that it utters groans and cries on Good Friday, and probably also to the old popular superstition in Great Britain and Ireland that ill-luck attended the uprooting of hawthorns.

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  • Toward the end of the battle of Borodino, Pierre, having run down from Raevski's battery a second time, made his way through a gully to Knyazkovo with a crowd of soldiers, reached the dressing station, and seeing blood and hearing cries and groans hurried on, still entangled in the crowds of soldiers.

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  • Nicholas went out into the porch to question him, and immediately after the elder had given a few replies the sound of cries and blows were heard.

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  • A breeze made her curtains flutter, and she closed it, certain Claire's cries of ecstasy would soon fill the air around the mansion.

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  • Thus in the Sandwich Islands the god Oro gave his oracles through a priest who "ceased to act or speak as a voluntary agent, but with his limbs convulsed, his features distorted and terrific, his eyes wild and strained, he would roll on the ground roaming at the mouth, and reveal the will of the god in shrill cries and sounds violent and indistinct, which the attending priests duly interpreted to the people."

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  • The instant cries of Deus volt which answered the note showed that Urban had struck aright.

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  • On the 17th of November 1292 Edward decided, against Scottish custom (if such custom really existed), in favour of Baliol, who did fealty, and, amidst cries of dissent, was crowned at Scone on the 26th of December.

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  • Only when the victim ceased to struggle and his cries changed to a long- drawn, measured death rattle did the crowd around his prostrate, bleeding corpse begin rapidly to change places.

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  • The royal princesses were insulted in the streets; and on the 29th of April 1825 Charles, when reviewing the National Guard, was met with cries from the ranks of "Down with the ministers !"

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  • But it is not probable that his curiosity would have overcome his habitual sluggishness, and his love of the smoke, the mud, and the cries of London, had not Boswell importuned him to attempt the adventure, and offered to be his squire.

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  • By the way the hunt approached and receded, by the cries of the dogs whose notes were familiar to him, by the way the voices of the huntsmen approached, receded, and rose, he realized what was happening at the copse.

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  • Glinka, the editor of the Russian Messenger, who was recognized (cries of "author! author!" were heard in the crowd), said that "hell must be repulsed by hell," and that he had seen a child smiling at lightning flashes and thunderclaps, but "we will not be that child."

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  • His guard hadn't lowered; it crashed as he let himself experience every part of her body, her cries and the passionate spirit that held him captive on the beach.

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  • Deidre listened to their rustling and distant cries and focused on placing her feet along the path.

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  • He pumped his arms hard, ignoring the cries of three men as they fell into pits or were snapped up by traps with iron teeth.

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  • In a temperate and learned speech, based on Fox's declaration against constitution-mongering, he supported both the enfranchising and the disfranchising clauses, and easily disposed of the cries of "corporation robbery," "nabob representation," "opening for young men of talent," &c. The following year (1832) found Campbell solicitor-general, a knight and member for Dudley, which he represented till 1834.

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  • In the old times birds were protected by the native belief that divine messages were conveyed by bird cries, and by royal edict forbidding the killing of species furnishing the material for feather cloaks, contributions towards which were long almost the only taxes paid.

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  • Its versatile cries and actions, as seen and heard by those who penetrate the solitude of the northern forests it inhabits, can never be forgotten by one who has had experience of them, any more than the pleasing sight of its rust-coloured tail, which an occasional gleam of sunshine will light up into a brilliancy quite unexpected by those who have only surveyed the bird's otherwise gloomy appearance in the glass-case of a museum.

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  • To these gestures let there be added the use of the interjectional cries, such as oh!

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  • At first the House of Commons was disposed to resent the apparent neglect with which it was treated by being asked to accept a deputy as its leader in place of a Prime Minister who washimself an M.P.; and cries for "Lloyd George " were raised when Mr. Law rose to play the leader's part in the debate on the Address in 1917.

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  • A good organic garden just cries out for good compost.

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  • It was one of the triumphs of Bright's oratory that it constantly produced these popular cries.

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  • As soon as his cap is fitted tight his sister cries for help.

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  • Colic is defined as when a baby cries for longer than three hours every day for more than three days a week.

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  • It is natural for parents to be concerned when a baby cries, and their concern only heightens if it seems they can do nothing to stop the crying.

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  • The child cries or gasps, forcibly exhales, stops breathing, and turns either blue (cyanotic form) or pale (pallid form).

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  • If a child with a cold or upper respiratory infection cries constantly or complains of pain in the ear, it is wise to have the ears checked by a physician.

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  • Failing to replace the pacifier after the baby cries or spits it out can be a good method for breaking the pacifier habit.

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  • Medical attention may be necessary if an infant is crying more than usual or if the cries themselves sound different, for example, the cries are weaker or more high-pitched than usual.

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  • As parents get to know their baby, they become experts in understanding the baby's cries.

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  • Cries are the baby's form of communication.

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  • If the infant cries, he or she may just need to take a nap.

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  • Mothers are biologically programmed to give a nurturing response to their newborn's cries and not to restrain themselves.

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  • Less is known to date about the 2010 fantasy film Fading of the Cries, although it is currently categorized as a horror/thriller with a substantial role for Mackenzie Rosman.

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  • There are some instances, whether it be a jaunty picnic in the park for two, or a lazy Sunday brunch, that just cries out for a soft, yet elegant, lady-like clutch.

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  • Whereas Aries cries out to the world for "Progress!", the Taurean responds by shouting, "Sustain!".

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  • Grunting and pushing is one thing, but a child who cries or gets upset when trying to pass a bowel movement is obviously in need of some help.

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  • Other park rangers and visitors tell tales of the apparition appearing on dark nights always accompanied by cries and groans.

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  • I'll sorely miss her frightened cries.

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  • She sat on a thick log.  He disappeared into the shadows of the jungle, and she pulled her knees to her chest, listening.  He was silent while the branches overhead hissed and rasped against one another and the cries of distant birds drifted to her.

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  • The sounds and scents of battle were thick in the air, from clanging of metal to cries of the injured to the smell of heated bodies.

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  • Her eyes skimmed over both, and she hardened herself to the cries of the hurt as she continued forward.

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  • The presence of these rodents at night is made known by their screaming cries.

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  • When he cries "Rain, rain," or otherwise makes vivid to himself and his hearers the idea of rain, expecting that the rain will thereby be forced to come, it is as if he had said "Rain, now you must come," or simply "Rain, come!"

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  • Notwithstanding the war carried on against the jay, its varied cries and active gesticulations show it to be a sprightly bird, and at a distance that renders its beauty-spots invisible, it is yet rendered conspicuous by its cinnamon-coloured body and pure white tail-coverts, which contrast with the deep black and rich chestnut that otherwise mark its plumage, and even the young at once assume a dress closely resembling that of the adult.

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  • Notwithstanding its condemnation by Mahomet, music is the most favorite recreation of the people; the songs of the boatmen, the religious chants, and the cries in the streets are all musical.

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  • The etymology suggested is from KwF oaav, to wail, in allusion to the cries of the dead.

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  • Harrison's canvass was conspicuous for the immense Whig processions and mass meetings, the numerous " stump " speeches (Harrison himself addressing meetings at Dayton, Chillicothe, Columbus and other places), and the use of campaign songs, of party insignia, and of campaign cries (such as " Tippecanoe and Tyler too "); and in the election he won by an overwhelming majority of 234 electoral votes to 60 cast for Van Buren.

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  • This is done about midsummer, when by the aid of torches and long poles many thousands of the young birds are slaughtered, while their parents in alarm and rage hover over the destroyers' heads, uttering harsh and deafening cries.

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  • Both breeds, which have short tails and small horns (present only in the rams), were regarded by the German naturalist Fitzinger as specifically distinct from the domesticated Ovis cries of Europe; and for the first type he proposed the name 0.

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  • The climax came with the rumour that the court was preparing a new military coup detat, a rumour that seemed to be confirmed by indiscreet toasts proposed at a banquet by the officers of the guard at Versailles; and on the night of the 5th to the 6th of October a Parisian mob forced the king and royal family to return with them to Paris amid cries of We are bringing the baker, the bakers wife and the little bakers boy!

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  • Did he brag about specific cries when you were cellmates?

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  • The girl who cries when she chips a nail is going to fight vampires?

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  • There is also a bar, built from the local stone, which cries out to be propped up with an early evening aperitif.

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  • She sees the bartender in a pool of blood, Cries out, " My God, they killed them all!

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  • Then the poor brute within gave vent to a series of short, sharp cries.

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  • All the while Abel could hear the voice calling, demanding, inviting, its cries ringing out across the valley bottom.

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  • She babbles, gurgles, giggles, sucks on her bottle or dummy and cries when waking up.

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  • No birds sing, unless they're ones from far forests, drinking sea-water here, making raucous cries.

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  • Against Impunity, " Sinaltrainal cries out for Justice " and demands full reparation for the victims and communities.

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  • And when she cries You hear her silent screams The glass shatters the Grip on her fantasy.

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  • The only sounds that remained there were cries of pain, the wail ambulance sirens... Where are the children?

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  • Cries of anguish burst from within deep whooping sobs racked his body.

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  • I heard cries, supplications, moaning, and shots.

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  • Christ, the second Person of the blessed trinity, cries, come up hither to us who are here!

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  • A moment where he sits on a bed and cries is absolutely truthful.

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  • The cries of the victims were drowned out by the general tumult.

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  • She can consider herself lucky that her cries for help were heard by two passing walkers, who raised the alarm.

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  • The cries of animals are but the working of the curiously-contrived machine, in which, when one portion is touched in a certain way, the wheels and springs concealed in the interior perform their work, and, it may be, a note supposed to express joy or pain is evolved; but there is no consciousness or feeling.

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  • Noise occasioned by the frequent repetition of street cries is frequently the subject of local by-laws, which impose penalties for infringement.

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  • Coyotes are creatures of slinking and stealthy habits, living in burrows in the plains, and hunting in packs at night, when they utter yapping cries and blood-curdling yells as they gallop. Hares ("jack-rabbits"), chipmunks or ground-squirrels, and mice form a large portion of their food; but coyotes also kill the fawns of deer and prongbuck, as well as sage-hens and other kinds of game-birds.

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  • In a few of the older districts, too, where land is least valuable, there are antique one-storeyed houses, surrounded by poplars and acacias; while the gipsies and Rumans, wearing their brightly coloured native costumes, the Russian coachmen, or sleighdrivers, of the banished Lipovan sect, and the pedlars, with their doleful street cries, render Bucharest unlike any western capital.

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  • Mary took leave of her first and last master with passionate anguish and many parting kisses; but in face of his enemies, and in hearing of the cries which burst from the ranks, demanding her death by fire as a murderess and harlot, the whole heroic and passionate spirit of the woman, represented by her admirers as a spiritless imbecile, flamed out in responsive threats to have all the men hanged and crucified, in whose power she now stood helpless and alone.

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  • The behaviour and cries of birds, and angang or meeting with ominous animals, &c., may be voluntarily observed, and opportunities for observation made; but this is not necessary for success.

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  • Man shares with the mammalia and birds the direct expression of the feelings by emotional tones and interjectional cries; the parrot's power of articulate utterance almost equals his own; and, by association of ideas in some measure, some of the lower animals have even learnt to recognize words he utters.

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  • They may have been represented or impersonated by priests in her rites as Attis was, but they were also, like him, not actual priests in the first instance, but objects of worship in which a frenzied dance, with accompaniment of flute music, the beating of tambourines, the clashing of cymbals and castanets, wild cries and self-infliction of wounds - the whole culminating in a state of ecstasy and exhaustion - were the most prominent features.

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  • While you are planting the seed, he cries--"Drop it, drop it--cover it up, cover it up--pull it up, pull it up, pull it up."

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  • He heard merry girlish cries behind some trees on the right and saw a group of girls running to cross the path of his caleche.

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  • Vive l'Empereur! came those ecstatic cries.

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  • From the tents came now loud angry cries and now plaintive groans.

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  • Scarcely had Pierre laid his head on the pillow before he felt himself falling asleep, but suddenly, almost with the distinctness of reality, he heard the boom, boom, boom of firing, the thud of projectiles, groans and cries, and smelled blood and powder, and a feeling of horror and dread of death seized him.

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  • The sight of her father, the terribly wild cries of her mother that she heard through the door, made her immediately forget herself and her own grief.

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  • No birds sing, unless they 're ones from far forests, drinking sea-water here, making raucous cries.

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  • The gloom of death is on the raven 's wing, The song of death is in the raven 's cries...

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  • Bitter sorrow cries to Heaven ' Can this be the Father 's will?

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  • And the woman Israel, verse 2, being with child cries out travailing in birth, pain to be delivered.

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  • Christ, the second Person of the blessed Trinity, cries, come up hither to us who are here !

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  • Cries of anguish escaped the mouths of the shocked people.

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  • The sad news of their grandmother's death left the room full of plaintive cries.

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  • Infants have no other way to communicate their pain or needs other than by crying, and a baby that cries excessively in lieu of sleep should be investigated for a medical condition.

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  • Every time he is placed in his crib, he cries uncontrollably, that is until he is taken out of the crib again.

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  • He will have to learn to settle himself back to sleep, and he can't do this if you run to his bedside every time he cries.

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  • If you are worried about your animal's reaction to a baby crying, you could play tape recordings of baby's cries several weeks in advance of your baby's birth.

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  • When your baby cries for you to hold her, respond to those cries.

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  • Memorable moments-these might be statements concerning how your baby reacted to her cake, candles, gifts, etc. If she cries at her party, write it down.

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  • If your baby appears to be in pain, however, as she attempts to have a bowel movement, or she cries while straining, she may indeed be constipated.

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  • From rocking her to sleep to knowing when she is hungry, you'll learn the differences in your baby's cries, and you'll learn how to respond to her needs.

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  • Your baby cries for a reason, and when you respond to his cries, you are building a deep sense of love and trust.

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  • It may be that the parents simply can't stand to hear their babies' woeful cries.

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  • When your baby cries, if you go in, rub her back and talk soothingly.

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  • It's important to be willing to put your baby's needs in front of your own and respond compassionately to your baby's cries.

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  • One choice that needs to be made is whether to demand feed when baby cries or alternatively feed baby at a set time that the parents choose, such as every four hours.

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  • They also have several recognizable cries with different meanings.

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  • An infant who grimaces during stimulation might be given a one, while an infant who cries and/or coughs during stimulation may be given a two.

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  • A baby monitor is also a handy item, particularly useful if you own a larger house and cannot easily hear your baby's cries from the nursery.

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  • Parents want the assurance of knowing when their child wakes up during the day or night, and they also want to be able to hear their child's cries even if they are on the other side of the house or outside.

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  • This is very handy for parents who are afraid to squeeze a shower into their schedule lest they miss their newborn's cries.

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  • It vibrates when the alarm system is triggered by baby's cries.

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  • The monitor's vibration will then alert the parents' to their child's cries.

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  • So before your mother cries at the mere mention of your wedding day plans, share your ideas with her, and you may find her not only wanting to go with you to browse through punk dresses, but attempting to find a punk mom dress for herself.

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  • Right wing conservative author and political pundit Ann Coulter cries conspiracy as the Today show decided to ditch her scheduled appearance.

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  • One thing I never do is tell the new owner to completely ignore puppy's cries, because you never know if there's truly a problem unless you check.

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  • Resist the urge to put her in the bed with you when she cries unless you plan to let her sleep with you permanently.

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  • At many camps, the songs are traditionally sung around the campfire (known as campfire songs or cries) as well as throughout the camp.

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  • Everyone in America has likely seen the commercial with the elderly lady who cries, "I've fallen and I can't get up."

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  • Patience can be very hard to find, and the frequency with which one yells or cries can become increased.

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  • First the sex scene mods, then Jack Thompson cries out in protest, and now this.

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  • His loud battle cries are immediately reminiscent of Bruce Lee, as is his basic look.

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  • A native of Hong Kong, Fei Long is a tribute to Bruce Lee, complete with the loud battle cries and vocalizations to accompany his kung fu maneuvers.

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  • The extreme length of the limbs and the absence of a tail are other features of these small apes, which are thoroughly arboreal in their habits, and make the woods resound with their unearthly cries at night.

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