To Get To This Moment

to get to this moment

WORDS TO USE INSTEAD OF: CRY / CRIED / CRYING

Do you ever find yourself over-using the word “cry” (or “cried” or “crying”) in your writing? Try using these words instead:

sob / sobbed / sobbing

wail / wailed / wailing

weep / wept / weeping

bawl / bawled / bawling

whimper / whimpered / whimpering

howl / howled / howling

blubber / blubbered / blubbering

snivel / sniveled / sniveling

squall / squalled / squalling

yelp / yelped / yelping

whine / whined / whining

shed tears / shed tears / shedding tears

burst into tears / burst into tears / bursting into tears

tear up / teared up / tearing up

choke up / choked up / choking up

well up / welled up / welling up

break down / broke down / breaking down

let it out / let it out / letting it out

turn on the waterworks / turned on the waterworks / turning on the waterworks

open the floodgates / opened the floodgates / opening the floodgates

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audio: izzyssaudioss on tiktok

howlers from my school presentations:

"Alexander the Great was such a drama queen."

"it's not really a big deal, you just die"

"people were buried in vehicles, because you know, they were dead and their legs weren't in use anymore"

*pride flag over one whole slide*

why don’t you look at a black cat’s fur turning brown in the sunlight and maybe you’ll calm down

we transcend any normal kind of relationship