Characters make me laugh and cry.

Meaning: This sentence means that the characters in books can make us feel happy, sad, or anything in between.

Choice of Words: Characters are people or animals in a story. Make means to cause something to happen or exist. Laugh is the act of making a sound expressing amusement or joy. Cry is the act of shedding tears, typically as an expression of sadness or pain. In this sentence, make is used to show that characters can cause us to experience different emotions.

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• Reading can make you laugh, cry, and feel all sorts of emotions.
• Books can make us laugh, cry, and think.
• Stories make us laugh, cry, and think.
• The book made her laugh and cry.
• We laugh and cry together.
• Characters made me laugh.
• My pets make me laugh and feel loved.
• Toys make children laugh and smile.
• Seagulls soar and cry.
• Seagulls cry and soar high.