they were crying
-pleuraient
Past progressive they conjugation of cry.
He was crying, his parents came in and they were crying.
Il pleurait, ses parents sont venus, ils pleuraient.
Well, the way they were crying in the car...
- Vu comme ils chialaient en voiture...
His parents came in, and they were crying.
Ses parents ont chialé aussi.
They were holding each other on the couch and they were crying, and I consoled them.
Ils se tenaient l'un l'autre sur le divan et ils pleuraient. J'ai dû les consoler.
I could see my family looking over the shell on the cart and I was wondering why they were crying.
Je pouvais voir ma famille regardant mon corps sur le brancard et je me demandais pourquoi ils pleuraient.
They were crying at the end of it.
Ils ont pleuré à la fin.
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