Usage examples of "pleurait" in French with translation to English

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Elle pleurait pour un jouet. She was crying for a toy.
Elle lui demanda pourquoi il pleurait. She asked him why he was crying.
Elle pleurait en lisant la lettre. She cried reading the letter.
Elle lui a demandé pourquoi il pleurait. She asked him why he was crying.
L'enfant me dit pourquoi il pleurait. The boy told me why he was crying.
Le garçon me conta pourquoi il pleurait. The boy told me why he was crying.
Tom a demandé à Mary pourquoi elle pleurait. Tom asked Mary why she was crying.
Elle lui demanda pourquoi il pleurait, mais il ne répondit pas. She asked him why he was crying, but he didn't answer.
Elle lui a demandé pourquoi il pleurait, mais il n'a pas répondu. She asked him why he was crying, but he didn't answer.
Dis-moi pourquoi elle pleure. Tell me why she is crying.
Elle pleura toute la nuit. She weeped the entire night.
La nation pleura la mort du roi. The nation mourned the death of the king.
Ils pleuraient la mort de leur père. They lamented the death of their father.
Les filles se mirent à pleurer après avoir lu le roman. The girls shed tears after reading the novel.
"Ne pleure pas", dit-elle. "Don't cry," she said.
Je pleure ma jeunesse perdue. I weep for my lost youth.
Nous avons tous pleuré les gens morts dans l'accident. We all mourned for the people killed in the accident.
Je ne pleure pas facilement. I don't cry easily.
Elle a pleuré d'émotion. She wept with emotion.
Nous avons tous pleuré les gens décédés dans l'accident. We all mourned for the people killed in the accident.
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